Football Brotherhood: The College Football Kinship

Football is a sport that is distinctively American and dominates American culture as the most popular spectator sport in the United States. It is a sport that has long served as a crucial lens into understanding American history and society. Players drawn to this sport form tight bonds; football’s physical and structural demands are often mitigated by the brotherhood they form.  Join Sports @ HI during Super Bowl week as we host Duke professor Tracie Canada who will discuss her new book, Tackling the Everyday: Race and Nation in Big-Time College Football.  Employing a Black feminist approach—one that highlights often-overlooked voices—Canada exposes how race, gender, kinship, and care shape the lives of the young athletes who shoulder America's favorite game. Canada will be joined in conversation by Hamza Abdullah, former college and NFL football player. 

Featuring: 

Tracie Canada, Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies at Duke University

Hamza Abdullah, former college and NFL football player

This event is hosted by Sports @ HI. 

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