Joel Franks

Crossing Sidelines, Crossing Cultures

Sport and Asian Pacific American Cultural Citizenship

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This updated edition explores the vibrant community of Asian Pacific Americans through sports. This book tells intriguing tales of athletes, such as aquatic legend Duke Kahanamoku and diving gold medalist Vicki Manalo, but has been expanded to include Tiger Woods, Tim Lincicum, Troy Polamalu and other current athletes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Second Edition
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 525g
• ISBN-13: 9780761847441
• ISBN-10: 0761847448
• Artikelnr.: 26951491

Autorenporträt

By Joel Franks

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Chapter One: Sports and
Asian Pacific American Communities Chapter 4 Chapter Two: The Ring and the
Mat Chapter 5 Chapter Three: Bats and Balls Chapter 6 Chapter Four:
Touchdowns and Goals Chapter 7 Chapter Five: Courts and Communities Chapter
8 Chapter Six: The Duke and Aquatic Sports Chapter 9 Chapter Seven: From
Tiger to Michelle Chapter 10 Chapter Eight: Asian Pacific American Sporting
Experiences in a Comparative Perspective Chapter 11 Postscript Chapter 12
Selected Bibliograpy Chapter 13 Index Chapter 14 About the Author