Différence des corps, égalité des droits : le sport et la reconnaissance des « races de couleur » (États-Unis, Caraïbes, v. 1850-v. 1950)

This article seeks to study how African Americans countered the discourse on the “natural” superiority of white humanity between the mid-19th and the mid-20th centuries. Since racism toward Africans Americans was legitimated by their blackness, they set up perfectionist strategies of “racial uplift”...

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Autor principal:	Nicolas Martin-Breteau
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Publicado:	Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2013
Materias:	race ; body ; sport ; recognition ; identity Anthropology GN1-890 Latin America. Spanish America F1201-3799
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8a67b9dcd67d4dd5aba38a97f3fc123a2021-12-02T10:32:25ZDifférence des corps, égalité des droits : le sport et la reconnaissance des « races de couleur » (États-Unis, Caraïbes, v. 1850-v. 1950)1626-025210.4000/nuevomundo.65355https://doaj.org/article/8a67b9dcd67d4dd5aba38a97f3fc123a2013-05-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/65355https://doaj.org/toc/1626-0252This article seeks to study how African Americans countered the discourse on the “natural” superiority of white humanity between the mid-19th and the mid-20th centuries. Since racism toward Africans Americans was legitimated by their blackness, they set up perfectionist strategies of “racial uplift” whose goal was the public presentation of the dignity of the black body. By so doing, they hoped to gain symbolic recognition and civic equality with their white fellow citizens. Thus, we shall study how middle- and upper-class black people in the United States used sport as a performative means for uplifting individuals' bodies and achieving collective emancipation. This tactic sought to prove the identity between black and white people—their shared humanity—to obtain the right to get rights, that is, to integrate the realms of the American democracy as full citizens. Based on the conclusions of this first analysis, hypotheses shall be outlined about the bodily political strategies of other “colored” populations of America, such as American-Indians and the black populations of the Caribbean.Nicolas Martin-BreteauCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américainsarticlerace ; body ; sport ; recognition ; identityAnthropologyGN1-890Latin America. Spanish AmericaF1201-3799ENFRPTNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos (2013)
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description	This article seeks to study how African Americans countered the discourse on the “natural” superiority of white humanity between the mid-19th and the mid-20th centuries. Since racism toward Africans Americans was legitimated by their blackness, they set up perfectionist strategies of “racial uplift” whose goal was the public presentation of the dignity of the black body. By so doing, they hoped to gain symbolic recognition and civic equality with their white fellow citizens. Thus, we shall study how middle- and upper-class black people in the United States used sport as a performative means for uplifting individuals' bodies and achieving collective emancipation. This tactic sought to prove the identity between black and white people—their shared humanity—to obtain the right to get rights, that is, to integrate the realms of the American democracy as full citizens. Based on the conclusions of this first analysis, hypotheses shall be outlined about the bodily political strategies of other “colored” populations of America, such as American-Indians and the black populations of the Caribbean.
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title	Différence des corps, égalité des droits : le sport et la reconnaissance des « races de couleur » (États-Unis, Caraïbes, v. 1850-v. 1950)
title_short	Différence des corps, égalité des droits : le sport et la reconnaissance des « races de couleur » (États-Unis, Caraïbes, v. 1850-v. 1950)
title_full	Différence des corps, égalité des droits : le sport et la reconnaissance des « races de couleur » (États-Unis, Caraïbes, v. 1850-v. 1950)
title_fullStr	Différence des corps, égalité des droits : le sport et la reconnaissance des « races de couleur » (États-Unis, Caraïbes, v. 1850-v. 1950)
title_full_unstemmed	Différence des corps, égalité des droits : le sport et la reconnaissance des « races de couleur » (États-Unis, Caraïbes, v. 1850-v. 1950)
title_sort	différence des corps, égalité des droits : le sport et la reconnaissance des « races de couleur » (états-unis, caraïbes, v. 1850-v. 1950)
publisher	Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains
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Différence des corps, égalité des droits : le sport et la reconnaissance des « races de couleur » (États-Unis, Caraïbes, v. 1850-v. 1950)

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