Under the boards : the cultural revolution in basketball /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lane, Jeffrey, 1979-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Basketball > Social aspects > United States.
Basketball > United States > History > 20th century.
Basketball players > United States > Social life and customs.
Basket-ball > Aspect social > États-Unis.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Basketball.
Basketball
Basketball > Social aspects
Basketballspieler
United States
USA
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Can't knock the hustle : individualism in hip-hop, hoops, and the drug culture
  • Peddling the street : gangsta wannabes, Allen Iverson, and black masculinity
  • Power game : Ron Artest, Latrell Sprewell, and politics in the NBA
  • The last white superstar : Larry Legend and white nostalgia
  • My dad was a military man : Bob Knight, paternalism, and Hoosier history
  • The new Globetrotters : why the NBA outsources talent.

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