Desi Hoop Dreams : Pickup Basketball and the Making of Asian American Masculinity /

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South Asian American men are not usually depicted as ideal American men. They struggle against popular representations as either threatening terrorists or geeky, effeminate computer geniuses. To combat such stereotypes, some use sports as a means of performing a distinctly American masculinity. Desi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Thangaraj, Stanley I. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
South Asian Americans > Ethnic identity.
Masculinity.
Marginality, Social.
Group identity.
Basketball > Social aspects.
Basketball.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
Basket-ball > États-Unis.
Basket-ball > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Hommes americains d'origine asiatique > Moeurs et coutumes.
Americains d'origine sud-asiatique > Moeurs et coutumes.
Americains d'origine sud-asiatique > Identite ethnique.
Americains d'origine sud-asiatique > Acculturation.
Masculinite > États-Unis.
Identite collective > États-Unis.
Basketball > United States.
Basketball > Social aspects > United States.
Asian American men > Social life and customs.
South Asian Americans > Social life and customs.
South Asian Americans > Cultural assimilation.
Masculinity > United States.
Marginality, Social > United States.
Group identity > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
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505 0 |a Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Everyday Play: The Formation of Desi Pickup Basketball; 2. "Who Is Desi?" Understanding Organized Brown Out Basketball; 3. Racial Ambiguity: Hoopin' in Other Ethnic Leagues; 4. Getting "Digits": Playing with Heterosexuality and Other Sites of Leisure; 5. Breaking the Cycle: The Ballplayer Posture and Performances of Exclusion; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author. 
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