Lou Antolihao

Playing with the Big Boys

Basketball, American Imperialism, and Subaltern Discourse in the Philippines

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Produktbeschreibung

Lou Antolihao is a sociologist who specializes in leisure studies and comparative-historical analysis. He has held research and teaching appointments in the Philippines, Singapore, and Japan, most recently as the¿JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Univ of Nebraska Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 146mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 462g
• ISBN-13: 9780803255463
• ISBN-10: 0803255462
• Artikelnr.: 41750994

Autorenporträt

Lou Antolihao is a sociologist who specializes in leisure studies and comparative-historical analysis. He has held research and teaching appointments in the Philippines, Singapore, and Japan, most recently as the JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Spheroid of Influence: Sports, Colonization, Modernity
2. From Baseball Colony to Basketball Republic: Postcolonial Transition and
National Sporting Culture
3. The Hollywoodization of Hoops: Basketball, Mass Media, Popular Culture
4. Rooting for the Underdog: Sports, Spectatorship, Subalternity
5. Basketball without Borders: Globalization and National Sports in
Postcolonial Context
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index