Samuel M Clevenger
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4133482 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Samuel M Clevenger |
| NOMBRES | Samuel M |
| APELLIDO | Clevenger |
| FIRMA | CLEVENGER S M |
| AFILIACIONES | Towson University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6046-542X |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 17 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 23 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2014 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
The Cost of Winning (2020)
The HBO documentary series The Cost of Winning follows the football program at St. Frances Academy in Baltimore—the oldest operating Black Catholic educational institution in the United States—and its players’ struggles to obtain university athletic scholarships. The series makers accompanied the team during the 2019 season, as they traveled across the country to compete with other nationally ranked high school programs and on prominent media out…
Haunted spaces and unsettling predicaments
In utilising the work of Mark Fisher, this article critically interrogates contemporary manifestations of capitalist sport. Specifically, it examines how the notion of capitalist realism, as well as the related concepts of hauntology and the weird and the eerie, might serve to resist anthropocentricism and challenge political impotence in the face of multiple existential crises. Emphasising Fisher’s focus on temporality and temporal aberration, t…
After sport
The purpose of this essay is to underscore the importance of contemplating the unsustainability of neoliberal sport in the Anthropocene. It contends that the conditions associated with anthropogenic environmental change should compel researchers who study the sport industry to consider the possibility that not only are contemporary capitalist forms of sport and physical activity generally not ecologically sustainable, but that post-growth forms o…
Kings of the Garden
Kings of the Garden: The New York Knicks and Their City is a well-written, well-researched book that will have a limited impact on the field of sport history in the United States. Historian Adam Criblez offers readers a detailed reconstructionist account of the National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise the New York Knicks during the 1970s and ’80s, arguing that the franchise's struggles during this period “mirrored those facing New York Cit…
Beyond Caster as object? Examining media constructions of Caster Semenya through decolonial thinking
The popular media coverage of South African track and field star Caster Semenya showcases how colonialist discourses shaped the sexed, gendered, and racialised meaning of her public biography. Yet, when researchers study Semenya as their research ‘object’, does this act of inquiry reproduce the knowledge constructs of Western coloniality as well? In this article, we consider both issues by conducting and reflecting on our poststructuralist analys…
Exploring Women’s Marathon Participation in the United States, 1980-2019
Over 45 percent of participants in U.S. marathon events identify as women (World’s Largest, n.d.), a noteworthy development considering women comprised just 11% of participants in 1980 (Ryder, 2013). Most U.S. women competing in marathon events also identify as white and middle class, indicating significant racial and socio-economic divisions in this growth in participation. The rise in U.S. women’s marathoning is linked to historical changes in …
Willpower knows no obstacles”
Nike, a US-headquartered transnational corporation lauded for its putatively empowering women-centered advertisements, frequently releases nationally/regionally focused advertisements depicting women determinedly engaging in physical activity and, in doing so, overcoming gendered barriers and stigmas. Indeed, the global ubiquity of the empowered (Nike-clad) woman illustrates Nike’s role in advancing women’s empowerment, both in the US and globall…
Covid-19 and outdoor recreation in the post-anthropause
The lockdown measures instituted during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a moment of restricted human activity and mobility that researchers have called the ‘anthropause’. Along with accounts of the widespread suspension or disruption of various industries, including sport, recreation, and tourism, media reported on the anthropause’s positive impact on wildlife and environments, evidenced by accounts of animals returning to t…
Consuming the Alternatives
Regenerating the ‘Stock’ of the Empire
In 1898, British social reformer Ebenezer Howard published To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform, calling for ‘garden city’ communities based on the principles of decentralized industry, urban resettlement, low-density housing, and a ‘healthy’ combination of town and country life. To-morrow catalyzed an international movement that continues to influence urban planning. To date, historians have devoted scant attention to the role of physical c…
Native Hoops
Book Review| April 01 2021 Native Hoops: The Rise of American Indian Basketball, 1895–1970 Davies, Wade. Native Hoops: The Rise of American Indian Basketball, 1895–1970. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2020. Pp. v+279. Notes, bibliography, index, and illustrations. $50.00, hb. $24.95, pb. Samuel M. Clevenger Samuel M. Clevenger Towson University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2021) 48 (1…
Critiquing Anthropocentric Media Coverage of the Covid-19 Sport “Hiatus”
This commentary highlights a recent trend of anthropocentrism (a focus on human-centered interests and activities) in the media coverage in the United States and Europe on the disruption of the contemporary sports industry caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors argued that the coverage promotes anthropocentric narratives by framing the pandemic as an external force causing a temporary and unforeseen “hiatus” in the sports industry. As a res…
They Will Have Their Game
Modernization, colonialism, and the new anthropology of sport
Anthropologists Niko Besnier, Susan Brownell, and Thomas Carter have recently contributed a theoretically- and empirically-updated account of sport anthropology, the burgeoning, heterogenous, productive field dedicated to the myriad forms of sport and physical activity in human societies. This essay dialogically relates their contribution with previous conceptions of sport anthropology to better understand the interconnections between global and …
Sport history, modernity and the logic of coloniality
This essay argues that the predominant narratives within sport history have remained problematically wedded to assumptions and concepts of Western capitalist modernity. As a result, such sport historiography reinforces modernity’s epistemology as the universal system of knowledge in modern world sporting history by relying on modern sport as a primary category of analysis. By relying on categories and assumptions of Western [sporting] modernity w…
From ‘cultivators of the soil’ to ‘citizen-soldiers’
In 1866, military drill and instruction became part of the curriculum of Maryland Agricultural College as a result of the passage of the Morrill Act of 1862, a law setting the terms for the establishment of agricultural colleges across the USA. The introduction of military instruction meant a direct inclusion of physically active coursework that preceded the widespread emergence of organized physical education courses in American educational inst…
National Sporting Pastimes, Spectacles of Sporting Otherness and American Imaginings, 1880–1920
This discussion focuses on how the rise of America's national sporting pastimes, during the period 1880–1920, was inextricably tied to the ambitions and outpourings of American print capitalism and a concomitant congealing of a sense of modern American nationhood. In examining this thematic, we explicate the manner in which American national sporting audiences during the period 1880–1920 were variously constituted through discourses of national a…
Sport history, modernity and the logic of coloniality
This essay argues that the predominant narratives within sport history have remained problematically wedded to assumptions and concepts of Western capitalist modernity. As a result, such sport historiography reinforces modernity’s epistemology as the universal system of knowledge in modern world sporting history by relying on modern sport as a primary category of analysis. By relying on categories and assumptions of Western [sporting] modernity w…
Covid-19 and outdoor recreation in the post-anthropause
The lockdown measures instituted during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a moment of restricted human activity and mobility that researchers have called the ‘anthropause’. Along with accounts of the widespread suspension or disruption of various industries, including sport, recreation, and tourism, media reported on the anthropause’s positive impact on wildlife and environments, evidenced by accounts of animals returning to t…
Willpower knows no obstacles”
Nike, a US-headquartered transnational corporation lauded for its putatively empowering women-centered advertisements, frequently releases nationally/regionally focused advertisements depicting women determinedly engaging in physical activity and, in doing so, overcoming gendered barriers and stigmas. Indeed, the global ubiquity of the empowered (Nike-clad) woman illustrates Nike’s role in advancing women’s empowerment, both in the US and globall…
Regenerating the ‘Stock’ of the Empire
In 1898, British social reformer Ebenezer Howard published To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform, calling for ‘garden city’ communities based on the principles of decentralized industry, urban resettlement, low-density housing, and a ‘healthy’ combination of town and country life. To-morrow catalyzed an international movement that continues to influence urban planning. To date, historians have devoted scant attention to the role of physical c…
Haunted spaces and unsettling predicaments
In utilising the work of Mark Fisher, this article critically interrogates contemporary manifestations of capitalist sport. Specifically, it examines how the notion of capitalist realism, as well as the related concepts of hauntology and the weird and the eerie, might serve to resist anthropocentricism and challenge political impotence in the face of multiple existential crises. Emphasising Fisher’s focus on temporality and temporal aberration, t…
From ‘cultivators of the soil’ to ‘citizen-soldiers’
In 1866, military drill and instruction became part of the curriculum of Maryland Agricultural College as a result of the passage of the Morrill Act of 1862, a law setting the terms for the establishment of agricultural colleges across the USA. The introduction of military instruction meant a direct inclusion of physically active coursework that preceded the widespread emergence of organized physical education courses in American educational inst…
National Sporting Pastimes, Spectacles of Sporting Otherness and American Imaginings, 1880–1920
This discussion focuses on how the rise of America's national sporting pastimes, during the period 1880–1920, was inextricably tied to the ambitions and outpourings of American print capitalism and a concomitant congealing of a sense of modern American nationhood. In examining this thematic, we explicate the manner in which American national sporting audiences during the period 1880–1920 were variously constituted through discourses of national a…
National Sporting Pastimes, Spectacles of Sporting Otherness and American Imaginings, 1880–1920
This discussion focuses on how the rise of America's national sporting pastimes, during the period 1880–1920, was inextricably tied to the ambitions and outpourings of American print capitalism and a concomitant congealing of a sense of modern American nationhood. In examining this thematic, we explicate the manner in which American national sporting audiences during the period 1880–1920 were variously constituted through discourses of national a…
From ‘cultivators of the soil’ to ‘citizen-soldiers’
In 1866, military drill and instruction became part of the curriculum of Maryland Agricultural College as a result of the passage of the Morrill Act of 1862, a law setting the terms for the establishment of agricultural colleges across the USA. The introduction of military instruction meant a direct inclusion of physically active coursework that preceded the widespread emergence of organized physical education courses in American educational inst…
Sport history, modernity and the logic of coloniality
This essay argues that the predominant narratives within sport history have remained problematically wedded to assumptions and concepts of Western capitalist modernity. As a result, such sport historiography reinforces modernity’s epistemology as the universal system of knowledge in modern world sporting history by relying on modern sport as a primary category of analysis. By relying on categories and assumptions of Western [sporting] modernity w…
They Will Have Their Game
Modernization, colonialism, and the new anthropology of sport
Anthropologists Niko Besnier, Susan Brownell, and Thomas Carter have recently contributed a theoretically- and empirically-updated account of sport anthropology, the burgeoning, heterogenous, productive field dedicated to the myriad forms of sport and physical activity in human societies. This essay dialogically relates their contribution with previous conceptions of sport anthropology to better understand the interconnections between global and …
Critiquing Anthropocentric Media Coverage of the Covid-19 Sport “Hiatus”
This commentary highlights a recent trend of anthropocentrism (a focus on human-centered interests and activities) in the media coverage in the United States and Europe on the disruption of the contemporary sports industry caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors argued that the coverage promotes anthropocentric narratives by framing the pandemic as an external force causing a temporary and unforeseen “hiatus” in the sports industry. As a res…
Consuming the Alternatives
Regenerating the ‘Stock’ of the Empire
In 1898, British social reformer Ebenezer Howard published To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform, calling for ‘garden city’ communities based on the principles of decentralized industry, urban resettlement, low-density housing, and a ‘healthy’ combination of town and country life. To-morrow catalyzed an international movement that continues to influence urban planning. To date, historians have devoted scant attention to the role of physical c…
Native Hoops
Book Review| April 01 2021 Native Hoops: The Rise of American Indian Basketball, 1895–1970 Davies, Wade. Native Hoops: The Rise of American Indian Basketball, 1895–1970. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2020. Pp. v+279. Notes, bibliography, index, and illustrations. $50.00, hb. $24.95, pb. Samuel M. Clevenger Samuel M. Clevenger Towson University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2021) 48 (1…
Beyond Caster as object? Examining media constructions of Caster Semenya through decolonial thinking
The popular media coverage of South African track and field star Caster Semenya showcases how colonialist discourses shaped the sexed, gendered, and racialised meaning of her public biography. Yet, when researchers study Semenya as their research ‘object’, does this act of inquiry reproduce the knowledge constructs of Western coloniality as well? In this article, we consider both issues by conducting and reflecting on our poststructuralist analys…
Exploring Women’s Marathon Participation in the United States, 1980-2019
Over 45 percent of participants in U.S. marathon events identify as women (World’s Largest, n.d.), a noteworthy development considering women comprised just 11% of participants in 1980 (Ryder, 2013). Most U.S. women competing in marathon events also identify as white and middle class, indicating significant racial and socio-economic divisions in this growth in participation. The rise in U.S. women’s marathoning is linked to historical changes in …
Willpower knows no obstacles”
Nike, a US-headquartered transnational corporation lauded for its putatively empowering women-centered advertisements, frequently releases nationally/regionally focused advertisements depicting women determinedly engaging in physical activity and, in doing so, overcoming gendered barriers and stigmas. Indeed, the global ubiquity of the empowered (Nike-clad) woman illustrates Nike’s role in advancing women’s empowerment, both in the US and globall…
Covid-19 and outdoor recreation in the post-anthropause
The lockdown measures instituted during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a moment of restricted human activity and mobility that researchers have called the ‘anthropause’. Along with accounts of the widespread suspension or disruption of various industries, including sport, recreation, and tourism, media reported on the anthropause’s positive impact on wildlife and environments, evidenced by accounts of animals returning to t…
Kings of the Garden
Kings of the Garden: The New York Knicks and Their City is a well-written, well-researched book that will have a limited impact on the field of sport history in the United States. Historian Adam Criblez offers readers a detailed reconstructionist account of the National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise the New York Knicks during the 1970s and ’80s, arguing that the franchise's struggles during this period “mirrored those facing New York Cit…
Haunted spaces and unsettling predicaments
In utilising the work of Mark Fisher, this article critically interrogates contemporary manifestations of capitalist sport. Specifically, it examines how the notion of capitalist realism, as well as the related concepts of hauntology and the weird and the eerie, might serve to resist anthropocentricism and challenge political impotence in the face of multiple existential crises. Emphasising Fisher’s focus on temporality and temporal aberration, t…
After sport
The purpose of this essay is to underscore the importance of contemplating the unsustainability of neoliberal sport in the Anthropocene. It contends that the conditions associated with anthropogenic environmental change should compel researchers who study the sport industry to consider the possibility that not only are contemporary capitalist forms of sport and physical activity generally not ecologically sustainable, but that post-growth forms o…
The Cost of Winning (2020)
The HBO documentary series The Cost of Winning follows the football program at St. Frances Academy in Baltimore—the oldest operating Black Catholic educational institution in the United States—and its players’ struggles to obtain university athletic scholarships. The series makers accompanied the team during the 2019 season, as they traveled across the country to compete with other nationally ranked high school programs and on prominent media out…
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