Give and Go Basketball as a Cultural Practice
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Sprache:Englisch
Fr. 132.00
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
06.03.2008
Verlag
Ingram Publishers ServicesSeitenzahl
260
Maße (L/B/H)
23.5/15.7/2 cm
Gewicht
577 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-7914-7393-1
A pickup basketball player looks at the pickup game as a distinctive culture using both personal experience and cultural studies theory.
From the city courts of Harlem to the church halls of Indiana, pickup basketball culture is intensely local and reflects the histories and identities of its players. In Give and Go, Thomas Mc Laughlin examines how players put into play a loose set of values and ethical styles that influence how they think, feel, move, and relate to others within the community. A lifelong pickup ball player-one of modest skills but serious intent-Mc Laughlin has internalized and embodied the culture of the game, and he writes as a participant in the basketball community, putting into words what his body already knows. This book reflects the author's personal experience and observation of the game, through the lens of contemporary cultural theory, and also examines the representation of basketball culture in popular media, including the films Hoop Dreams, Hoosiers, and White Men Can't Jump. As only an insider can, Mc Laughlin takes readers onto the court and into the minds of players as they negotiate the culture of the game.
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