Section 1: Sport and Sociology: Sport as a Unique "Field" Section 2: Biases and Barriers in Sport: Class, Race, Gender, and Disability Section 3: The Social Bonds Generated By Sports: Fandom, Community, and Media Section 4: The Political Economy and The Politics of Sports - Dynamics and Diffusion Section 5: Breaking The Normative Rules: The Problems of Deviance in Sports Section 6: Globalization and Sports

Section 1: Sport and Sociology: Sport as a Unique Field Section 2: Biases and Barriers in Sport: Class, Race, Gender, and Disability Section 3: The Social Bonds Generated By Sports: Fandom, Community, and Media Section 4: The Political Economy and The Politics of Sports - Dynamics and Diffusion Section 5: Breaking The Normative Rules: The Problems of Deviance in Sports Section 6: Globalization and Sports

Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewsComic Book Crime: Truth, Justice, and the American Way. By Nickie D. Phillips and Staci Strobel. New York: New York University Press, 2013. Pp. viii+289. $75.00 (cloth); $24.00 (paper).Robert WashingtonRobert WashingtonBryn Mawr College Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmailPrint SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Journal of Sociology Volume 120, Number 1July 2014 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/677105 Views: 75Total views on this site For permission to reuse a book review printed in the American Journal of Sociology, please contact [email protected].PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

Barack Obama's emergence as the leader of the world's most powerful nation stirred much enthusiasm in Africa. This article examines Obama's relationship to Africa and African reactions to Obama – spanning from the time of his election to the United States Senate to the current period of his role as president of the United States. Focusing specifically on Obama's Ghana speech and subsequent African policy initiatives, the article suggests that many Africans are disappointed with Obama's Africa policy and that this is the result of several misperceptions: misperceptions of Obama's power as US president, misperceptions of his moderate political world view, and misperceptions of his cosmopolitan identity as an individual of African ancestry.