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Delves into the long history of Asian American sporting cultures, considering how identities and communities are negotiated on sporting fieldsThrough a close examination of Asian American sporting cultures ranging from boxing and basketball to spelling bees and wrestling, the contributors reveal the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Thangaraj, Stanley I. (Editor ), Arnaldo, Constancio R., Jr (Editor ), Chin, Christina B. (Editor ), Halberstam, Jack, 1961- (writer of foreword.), Lowe, Lisa (writer of afterword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2016]
Temas:
Asian American athletes.
Asian American athletes > Social conditions.
Group identity > United States.
Sports > Social aspects > United States.
Identité collective > États-Unis.
Sports > Aspect social > États-Unis.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
Group identity.
Sports > Social aspects.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Asian American Sporting Cultures
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I Asian American Sports in Historical Context
  • 1 From Perpetual Foreigner to Pacific Rim Entrepreneur
  • 2 Reflections on Sport Spectatorship and Immigrant Life
  • Part II Asian American Sporting Celebrities
  • 3 Everybody Loves an Underdog
  • 4 Manny "Pac- Man" Pacquiao, the Transnational Fist, and the Southern California Ringside Community
  • Part III Complicating "Model Minority" Myths, Orientalism, and Gendered Stereotypes
  • 5 Indian Americans and the "Brain Sport" of Spelling Bees
  • 6 Mixed Martial Arts, Caged Orientalism, and Female Asian American Bodies
  • 7 The Continued Legacy of Japanese American Youth Basketball Leagues
  • Part IV Refugees, Pacific Islanders, and Sport
  • 8 Hmong Youth, American Football, and the Cultural Politics of Ethnic Sports Tournaments
  • 9 Lin, Te'o, and Asian American Masculinities in Sporting Flux
  • Afterword
  • About the Contributors
  • Index.

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