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Under the boards : the cultural revolution in basketball /
The true story of basketball lives as much off the court as on the hardwood; it is about politics and race and cultural clashes as heated as a final-four buzzer-beater. This story unfolds in all its gritty and colorful detail in Under the Boards. From the birth of the Larry Bird legend to the ascend...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
©2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The true story of basketball lives as much off the court as on the hardwood; it is about politics and race and cultural clashes as heated as a final-four buzzer-beater. This story unfolds in all its gritty and colorful detail in Under the Boards. From the birth of the Larry Bird legend to the ascendancy of a hip-hop-infused NBA to the backlash against bling and the contemporary American game, Jeffrey Lane traces the emergence of a new culture of basketball, complete with competing values, attitudes, aesthetics, and racial and economic tensions. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 256 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-256). |
| ISBN: | 9780803207554 0803207557 9780803206380 0803206380 9786610823864 6610823863 |