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John Hoberman

American historian

John Hoberman
Summary

American historian

Dr. Hoberman in class
Dr. Hoberman greeting students before his "Bad Blood" class, which featured texts from ''Darwin's Athletes'' and ''Testosterone Dreams''.

John Milton Hoberman is a Professor of Germanic languages within the Department of Germanic Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of numerous books and articles on sports, specifically on their cultural impact, their relationship with race, and the issue of doping.

He is a European cultural and intellectual historian, who has interests in sports science and the history of racial ideas. He has published nearly one hundred sports articles and books in American newspapers and magazines and in Der Spiegel. As he is fluent in Scandinavian languages as well as German, he was e.g. co-editor for the North American sport historians of their special issue on 'German sports history. He is a Fellow of the European committee for sports history.

Writings

His book Testosterone Dreams (2005) is a history of the use of hormone treatments for lifestyle and performance enhancement during the last century, in the context of an analysis of modern society's ever-increasing use of chemical enhancements in general and its effect on human self-image. It focuses in particular on the early commercial marketing of the hormone testosterone, which is considered representative of all the performance-enhancing drugs that followed it.

Darwin's Athletes (1997) explores the relationship between sport and race. His thesis in the book generated several negative reviews questioning his conclusions. Hoberman responded in one case defending his work.

Bibliography

  • John Hoberman & Arnd Krüger (eds.). Journal of sport history 17(2) 1990 (Special Issue: 'German sports historiography')

References

References

  1. John Hoberman & [[Arnd Krüger]] (eds.). Journal of sport history 17(2) 1990
  2. Roach, R.. (1998). "Black scholars on sports". Black Issues in Higher Education.
  3. (1998). "Hoberman's Fantasy: How Neoconservative Writing on Sport Reinforces Perceptions of Black Inferiority and Preserves the Myth of Race.". Social Science Quarterly.
  4. (1997). "How Not to Misread "Darwin's Athletes": A Response to Jeffrey T. Sammons". Journal of Sport History.
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