Fritz G Polite
Biographic Data
| ID | 234730 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fritz G Polite |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fritz G |
| FAMILY NAME | Polite |
| SIGNATURE | POLITE F G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tennessee at Knoxville |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Come Out Swinging
Retrospective reflections on the Black American male athlete and the 1968 Olympics
This research note presents an abbreviated version of an ‘elite’ interview conducted with pre-eminent sport sociologist Dr Harry Edwards. As the architect of the Olympic Project for Human Rights, Edwards’s activism targeted racial apartheid in the USA and in South Africa. Edwards’ leadership in the area of human rights catalysed the African-American boycott of the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. A series of semi-structured, retrospective interview …
An investigation of ethnicity as a variable related to US male college athletes' sexual-orientation behaviours and attitudes
While most often forbidden by university policy, homophobic attitudes and intolerance of gay/lesbian athletes may still exist within intercollegiate athletic departments. Against this backdrop, this study examines attitudes towards sexual orientation from a sample of Division I and III male university athletes (n=397) from four universities in the south-eastern United States. The study's primary research questions are: a) utilizing ethnicity as t…
An investigation of ethnicity as a variable related to US male college athletes' sexual-orientation behaviours and attitudes
While most often forbidden by university policy, homophobic attitudes and intolerance of gay/lesbian athletes may still exist within intercollegiate athletic departments. Against this backdrop, this study examines attitudes towards sexual orientation from a sample of Division I and III male university athletes (n=397) from four universities in the south-eastern United States. The study's primary research questions are: a) utilizing ethnicity as t…
An investigation of ethnicity as a variable related to US male college athletes' sexual-orientation behaviours and attitudes
While most often forbidden by university policy, homophobic attitudes and intolerance of gay/lesbian athletes may still exist within intercollegiate athletic departments. Against this backdrop, this study examines attitudes towards sexual orientation from a sample of Division I and III male university athletes (n=397) from four universities in the south-eastern United States. The study's primary research questions are: a) utilizing ethnicity as t…
Retrospective reflections on the Black American male athlete and the 1968 Olympics
This research note presents an abbreviated version of an ‘elite’ interview conducted with pre-eminent sport sociologist Dr Harry Edwards. As the architect of the Olympic Project for Human Rights, Edwards’s activism targeted racial apartheid in the USA and in South Africa. Edwards’ leadership in the area of human rights catalysed the African-American boycott of the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. A series of semi-structured, retrospective interview …
Come Out Swinging
Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (3 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (3 works) · Athletes (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)