Rob Frazer’s Reinvention

American Woman

This flow tracks Rob Frazer’s self-invention as a political celebrity and rescuer, and the gap between his confidence and his limitations.

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The Jock Recast The Jock Recast from "American Woman". The Jock Recast A Rejected Image Rob Frazer arrives at Berkeley on a football scholarship but abandons the role that others expect of him.

The Jock Recast from "American Woman". The Jock Recast A Rejected Image Rob Frazer arrives at Berkeley on a football scholarship but abandons the role that others expect of him.

The Jock Recast A Rejected Image Rob Frazer arrives at Berkeley on a football scholarship but abandons the role that others expect of him. He seeks a place in politics and sociology, turning his physical presence and outsider status into part of a public persona. A New Argument His writing on the exploitation of athletes connects sports to broader questions of race and power.

Celebrity Arrives Celebrity Arrives from "American Woman". Celebrity Arrives Attention and Backlash Rob Frazer’s outspoken support for athlete protest draws national attention and a political denunciation.

Celebrity Arrives from "American Woman". Celebrity Arrives Attention and Backlash Rob Frazer’s outspoken support for athlete protest draws national attention and a political denunciation.

Celebrity Arrives Attention and Backlash Rob Frazer’s outspoken support for athlete protest draws national attention and a political denunciation. The notoriety confirms his belief that he belongs on history’s leading edge, even as critics dismiss him as a provocateur. Power as Performance Public visibility becomes both a resource and a stage on which he continually reinforces his self-image.

A Useful Appointment A Useful Appointment from "American Woman". A Useful Appointment The University’s Fix A university hires Rob Frazer as athletic director, hoping his left-leaning reputation will help contain student…

A Useful Appointment from "American Woman". A Useful Appointment The University’s Fix A university hires Rob Frazer as athletic director, hoping his left-leaning reputation will help contain student…

A Useful Appointment The University’s Fix A university hires Rob Frazer as athletic director, hoping his left-leaning reputation will help contain student opposition. He enjoys the authority, then hires a Black Muslim runner as co-director and forces the university into another costly dismissal. Influence and Self-Interest His activism and appetite for attention work together, leaving others to question where one ends and the other begins.

The Rescuer’s Limits The Rescuer’s Limits from "American Woman". The Rescuer’s Limits A Confident Intervention Rob Frazer enters the survivors’ crisis convinced that he can arrange money, shelter, and a book.

The Rescuer’s Limits from "American Woman". The Rescuer’s Limits A Confident Intervention Rob Frazer enters the survivors’ crisis convinced that he can arrange money, shelter, and a book.

The Rescuer’s Limits A Confident Intervention Rob Frazer enters the survivors’ crisis convinced that he can arrange money, shelter, and a book. He can persuade them temporarily, but his promise of protection proves difficult to sustain when danger becomes immediate. Authority Unravels Juan challenges the value of the book and the terms of their dependence, exposing the limits of Rob Frazer’s control.

A Late Visit A Late Visit from "American Woman". A Late Visit Finding Jenny Rob Frazer locates Jenny at the juice bar where she works and asks whether she is happy.

A Late Visit from "American Woman". A Late Visit Finding Jenny Rob Frazer locates Jenny at the juice bar where she works and asks whether she is happy.

A Late Visit Finding Jenny Rob Frazer locates Jenny at the juice bar where she works and asks whether she is happy. His question marks a change in tone: for once he comes without a plan to direct her life. An Unresolved Bond They embrace and part without settling their past or promising a future.

During Rob Frazer’s years at Berkeley

After the 1968 Olympics protest

During the Stillman Gym controversy

May 1974

Two years after Jenny’s release