Joel S. Franks

Asian American Basketball

A Century of Sport, Community and Culture

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Produktbeschreibung

When Jeremy Lin began to knock down shots for the New York Knicks in 2012, many Americans became aware for the first time that Asian Americans actually play basketball. Indeed, long before Lin shook up the NBA, Asian Americans played the game with passion and skill, and many excelled at high school, college and professional hoops. This comprehensive history of Asian American basketball discusses how these players first found a sense of community in the game, and competed despite an atmosphere of anti-Asian bigotry in historical and contemporary America.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 459g
• ISBN-13: 9780786497188
• ISBN-10: 0786497181
• Artikelnr.: 41853906

Autorenporträt

Joel S. Franks is an emeritus Professor of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences at San Jose State University, and has written several books on Asian American and Pacific Islander sport history. He lives in Washington DC.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1.
Pre-1945 Ethnic Community Basketball 2.
Asian American Community Basketball, 1945-1965 3.
Crossing Sidelines: Asian Americans and Intercultural Basketball to 1945 4.
Crossing Sidelines, 1945-1965 5.
Asian American College and Professional Hoops to 1965 6.
Asian American Hoops, Cosmopolitan Canopies, and Cultural Democracy Since 1965 Epilogue: The Lessons of "Linsanity" and Other Musings Chapter Notes References Index