Living through the Hoop : High School Basketball, Race, and the American Dream.

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: May, Reuben A. Buford A. Buford
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Basketball > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Basketball > United States > Sociological aspects.
Basketball players > Georgia.
Basket-ball > Aspect moral > États-Unis.
Basket-ball > États-Unis > Aspect sociologique.
Joueurs de basket-ball > Géorgie (État)
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies.
Basketball > Moral and ethical aspects
Basketball players
Georgia
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1 A Look Through the Hoop; 2 For the Good of All; 3 The Three D's: Drugs, Drinking, and Delinquency; 4 Race and Hoops Everyday; 5 Knight-Style Masculinity; 6 Sportsmanship and the Need to Win; 7 The Dirty Trick; Epilogue: The Death of Calvin Cody; Methodological Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.

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