Dear colleagues,
We’re writing to make you aware of a new online journal project entitled Oppositional Conversations. Founded by a small group of scholars of color, Oppositional Conversations provides a space for free-flowing, creative exchange and analysis around themes of interest to individual guest editors. The premiere issue of the journal is available via this link:
http://www.oppositionalconversations.org
We are pleased to share Oppositional Conversations with you and eager to hear your feedback. Please send your comments and questions to comments@oppositionalconversations.org.
Many thanks,
Oppositional Conversations Editorial Board
Oppositional Conversations Issue No. 1 Winter 2012 – 2013. Special Issue: Athletics. Issue Editor: O. Hugo Benavides
Table of Content
Oppositional Conversations Mission Statement
The First Issue: A Comment
Emma Taati
Introduction to Issue No. 1: Athletics
O. Hugo Benavides
ARTICLES
Cum Deus Calculat Fit Mundus (When God Plays a World Comes to Be)
Grant Farred
Sports, Race, Sex, and Shame: Rethinking Caster Semenya
Zine Magubane
Football and the Nation: Producing American Culture
O. Hugo Benavides
CRITICAL ESSAYS
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Takes Root in the Heartland: A Reflection on the Sense of It
Maurice Stevens
Between Street Culture and Global Sport: Double Dutch’s Turning Points
C. L. Cole and Sarah Projanski
CREATIVE PERSPECTIVE
Female Capoeristas: Histories and Legacies (Video)
Dania Martinez
The Next Issue – After Catastrophe: Critical Theories of Trauma
Printable Version of Issue No. 1
