When Women Rule the Court : Gender, Race, and Japanese American Basketball /

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"For nearly one hundred years, basketball has been an important part of Japanese American life. Women's basketball holds a special place in the contemporary scene of highly organized and expansive Japanese American leagues in California, in part because these leagues have produced numerous...

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Autor principal: Willms, Nicole
Autor Corporativo: Project Muse
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2017.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women basketball players.
Japanese Americans > Social life and customs.
Japanese American basketball players.
Basketball for women.
TRAVEL / Special Interest / Sports
SPORTS & RECREATION / Reference
SPORTS & RECREATION / History
SPORTS & RECREATION / Essays
SPORTS & RECREATION / Business Aspects
GAMES / Gambling / Sports
SPORTS & RECREATION / Basketball.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.
Basket-ball feminin > Californie > Histoire.
Joueuses de basket-ball > Californie.
Americains d'origine japonaise > Californie > Moeurs et coutumes.
Americains d'origine japonaise > Loisirs > Californie.
Basketball for women > California > History.
Women basketball players > California.
Japanese American basketball players > California > History.
Japanese Americans > California > Social life and customs.
Japanese Americans > Recreation > California.
California.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Series; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction. "This Is What We Do"; Chapter 1. "Everybody Plays". The Inclusiveness of J-League Basketball; Chapter 2. "In JA Circ les, Girls and Boys Are on Equal Footing" The (Re)negotiation of Gender in J- League Basketball; Chapter 3. "Women Who Took Sports beyond Play". How Japanese American Women's Basketball Went to College; Chapter 4. "We're Turning Them into Stars!". The Japanese American Female Basketball Player as Icon; Chapter 5. "You Play Basketball?". Ruling the Court as an Unexpected Athlete
  • Chapter 6. Conclusion. "It's a Testament of What the Japanese Leagues Can Do for Young Girls"Acknowledgments; Methodological Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

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