Professor Saggese's new book featured in Maryland Today
October 14, 2024
"Heavyweight: Black Boxers and the Fight for Representation" explores how racist stereotypes were reinforced through art
MarylandToday recently featured a story on Professor Jordana Saggese and her research into "iconic images of sport to what they might reveal about Black bodies in the public sphere," which has culminated in the publication of her book Heavyweight: Black Boxers and the Fight for Representation. In this book she examines "artistic depictions of Black boxers from the 19th through 21st centuries, revealing how their renderings reflected and reinforced stereotypes about Black men’s physicality, celebrity, power and place in the United States."
Congratulations Professor Saggese on publishing this important research!