Black Men on the Blacktop : : Basketball and the Politics of Race / / A. Rafik Mohamed.
What is it about basketball that makes it "the black man’s game"? And what about pickup basketball in particular: can it tell us something about the state of blackness in the United States? Reflecting on these questions, Rafik Mohamed presents pickup games as a text of the political, socia...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022] ©2017 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (189 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Black Man’s Game -- 2 Sports and Basketball in Black American Culture -- 3 Everyday Resistance and Black Man’s Rules -- 4 Playing It Cool, Pushing Back -- 5 The Mandingo Syndrome -- 6 Taking Soul to the Hole -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book |
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Summary: | What is it about basketball that makes it "the black man’s game"? And what about pickup basketball in particular: can it tell us something about the state of blackness in the United States? Reflecting on these questions, Rafik Mohamed presents pickup games as a text of the political, social, and economic struggles of African American men. In the process, he tells a story about race in its peculiarly American context, and about how the politics of race--and resistance--are mediated through sports. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781626378148 9783110783568 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781626378148 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | A. Rafik Mohamed. |