Black Men on the Blacktop

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-62637-666-3
Verlag: Lynne Rienner Publishers

Buch, Englisch, 170 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 381 g

What is it about basketball that makes it “the black man’s game”? And what about pickup basketball in particular:

can it tell us something about the state of blackness in the United States?
Reflecting on these questions, RafikMohamed presents pickup games as a text of the political, social, and
economic struggles of African American men. In the process, he tells a story about race in its peculiarly American
context, and about how the politics of race—and resistance—are mediated through sports.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mohamed, A. Rafik

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Ballsportarten Cricket Basketball
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The BlackMan’s Game. Sports and Basketball in Black American Culture. Everyday Resistance and
BlackMan’s Rules. Playing It Cool, Pushing Back. The Mandingo Syndrome. Taking Soul to the Hole.

Über Autor(innen)

A. RafikMohamed is professor of sociology and dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at
California State University San Bernardino. He is coauthor of Dorm Room Dealers: Drugs and the Privileges of
Race and Class.