Nik Dickerson
Biographic Data
| ID | 257368 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nik Dickerson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nik |
| FAMILY NAME | Dickerson |
| SIGNATURE | DICKERSON N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lincoln |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0661-2863 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Reconsidering anthropocentrism
Sport mega-events such as the Olympic Games can bring both socio-economic benefits and environmental risks to hosts. While literature on the environmental impacts of mega-events has focused on contemporary capitalism and its human-centred imperatives as causal sources of environmental degradation, analysis remains relatively indifferent to how people at the scene view the outcomes of these events. Drawing upon two competing environmental ethics (…
Unicorns, rainbows, and unicorn magic
This paper examines the story arc of a trio of Black male wrestlers called the New Day within the World Wrestling Entertainment industry (WWE) who go from militant nationalists, stereotypical singing/dancing preachers, and finally to self-described unicorns bringing magic back to the WWE. Wrestling is used to explore anti-Blackness, Black masculinity, and conceptions of the human/humanity. Drawing on Katherine McKittrick's Black methodological in…
Under the Influence
This paper analyzes a series of advertisements from the antidrug campaign Above the Influence and interviews of former National Football League and National Basketball Association players by the website Bleacher Report regarding their marijuana use. Guided by Christina Sharpe’s theoretical concept of the “wake,” I argue that the Above the Influence adverts produce a trope I call Chronic Black male sporting hood. A trope that holds the Black body …
Real Men Stand for Our Nation
On September 1, 2016, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneeled for the playing of the national anthem arguing that he was 'not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,' noting that 'this is bigger than football and it would be selfish . . . to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.' Kaepernick rec…
The Wrestler
Book Review| April 01 2012 The Wrestler The Wrestler, (2008). Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. 109 mins. Nik Dickerson Nik Dickerson Health and Sport Studies, University of Iowa Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2012) 39 (1): 139–141. https://doi.org/10.5406/jsporthistory.39.1.139 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Se…
Real Men Stand for Our Nation
On September 1, 2016, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneeled for the playing of the national anthem arguing that he was 'not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,' noting that 'this is bigger than football and it would be selfish . . . to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.' Kaepernick rec…
Under the Influence
This paper analyzes a series of advertisements from the antidrug campaign Above the Influence and interviews of former National Football League and National Basketball Association players by the website Bleacher Report regarding their marijuana use. Guided by Christina Sharpe’s theoretical concept of the “wake,” I argue that the Above the Influence adverts produce a trope I call Chronic Black male sporting hood. A trope that holds the Black body …
The Wrestler
Book Review| April 01 2012 The Wrestler The Wrestler, (2008). Directed by Darren Aronofsky. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. 109 mins. Nik Dickerson Nik Dickerson Health and Sport Studies, University of Iowa Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2012) 39 (1): 139–141. https://doi.org/10.5406/jsporthistory.39.1.139 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Se…
Real Men Stand for Our Nation
On September 1, 2016, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneeled for the playing of the national anthem arguing that he was 'not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,' noting that 'this is bigger than football and it would be selfish . . . to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.' Kaepernick rec…
Under the Influence
This paper analyzes a series of advertisements from the antidrug campaign Above the Influence and interviews of former National Football League and National Basketball Association players by the website Bleacher Report regarding their marijuana use. Guided by Christina Sharpe’s theoretical concept of the “wake,” I argue that the Above the Influence adverts produce a trope I call Chronic Black male sporting hood. A trope that holds the Black body …
Unicorns, rainbows, and unicorn magic
This paper examines the story arc of a trio of Black male wrestlers called the New Day within the World Wrestling Entertainment industry (WWE) who go from militant nationalists, stereotypical singing/dancing preachers, and finally to self-described unicorns bringing magic back to the WWE. Wrestling is used to explore anti-Blackness, Black masculinity, and conceptions of the human/humanity. Drawing on Katherine McKittrick's Black methodological in…
Reconsidering anthropocentrism
Sport mega-events such as the Olympic Games can bring both socio-economic benefits and environmental risks to hosts. While literature on the environmental impacts of mega-events has focused on contemporary capitalism and its human-centred imperatives as causal sources of environmental degradation, analysis remains relatively indifferent to how people at the scene view the outcomes of these events. Drawing upon two competing environmental ethics (…
Sports, Gender, and Society (5 works) · Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (3 works) · American Sports and Literature (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works)