Desi Hoop Dreams : Pickup Basketball and the Making of Asian American Masculinity.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780814762974
- 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-Ethnic identity
- South Asian Americans-Cultural assimilation
- Masculinity-United States
- Marginality, Social-United States
- Group identity-United States
- 796.323
- GV885.4
Cover -- 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- About the Author.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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