Desi Hoop Dreams : : Pickup Basketball and the Making of Asian American Masculinity / / Stanley I. Thangaraj.
South Asian American men are not usually depicted as ideal American men. They struggle against popular representations as either threatening terrorists or geeky, effeminate computer geniuses. To combat such stereotypes, some use sports as a means of performing a distinctly American masculinity. Desi...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Everyday Play: The Formation of Desi Pickup Basketball
- 2. “Who Is Desi?” Understanding Organized Brown Out Basketball
- 3. Racial Ambiguity: Hoopin’ in Other Ethnic Leagues
- 4. Getting “Digits”: Playing with Heterosexuality and Other Sites of Leisure
- 5. Breaking the Cycle: The Ballplayer Posture and Performances of Exclusion
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author