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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452449603321

Autore

Leonard David J

Titolo

After Artest [[electronic resource] ] : The NBA and the Assault on Blackness

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, 2012

ISBN

1-4384-4207-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Collana

SUNY Series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations

Disciplina

796.323/64

Soggetti

African American basketball players -- Social conditions

Basketball -- United States -- Sociological aspects

Basketball fans -- United States -- Social conditions

Discrimination in sports -- United States

Minorities in sports -- United States

Basketball - Sociological aspects - United States

African American basketball players - Social conditions - United States

Basketball fans - Social conditions - United States

Minorities in sports - United States

Discrimination in sports

Social Sciences

Recreation & Sports

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""AFTER ARTEST""; ""CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""1.  AFTER ARTEST: The NBA and the Assault on Blackness""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""GUIDING FRAMEWORKS""; ""ANTI-BLACK RACISM AND THE NBA""; ""THE NBA BEYOND ARTEST""; ""THIS BOOK""; ""2. “I WENT TO A BASKETBALL GAME AND A VIBE AWARDS BROKE OUTâ€? 1OR “NEGROES GONE WILDâ€? 2:  The Palace Melee and the Racialized CultureWar""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Opening up the Wounds: Fan-Player Tensions and Divisions ""; ""THUGS AND CRIMINALS7""; ""HIP-HOP TO BLAME FOR PALACE BRAWL""; ""CONCLUSION: ACCOUNTABILITY AND PUNISHMENT""



""3. A CRISIS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE AMERICAâ€?S ARENA:  Age Restrictions and the Real Color of Money1""""INTRODUCTION""; ""HISTORY OF AGE RESTRICTION""; ""AN NBA CRISIS: THE DRAFT, AND CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE WRONG SAND BOX""; ""DONâ€?T BELIEVE THE HYPE:CAUTIONARY TALES AND SAD STORIES""; ""PHYSICALLY WEAK, MENTALLY AND INTELLECTUALLY WEAKER: BIG BODIES AND SMALL BRAINS/HEARTS""; ""ITâ€?S A MANâ€?S GAME""; ""MATURATION AND EDUCATION""; ""PUT DOWN THAT BALL:SAVING AMERICAâ€?S (BLACK) YOUTH""; ""POLICING HIP-HOP""; ""A RACELESS ISSUE?""; ""RACE MATTERS""

""YOUNG ATHLETES OF COLOR: MODEL MINORITY DISCOURSE AS ANOTHER EXCEPTION""""A NOTE ON THE DEFENDERS:THE AMERICAN DREAM AND MERITOCRACY""; ""A CRISIS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE AMERICAâ€?S ARENA""; ""HYPOCRISY OR THE CONSISTENCY?""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""4. “NO BLING ALLOWEDâ€?1:  The NBAâ€?s Dress Code and the Politics of New Racism""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""WHATâ€?S RACISM GOT TO DO WITH IT:PLAYER OPPOSITION AND A CULTURE OF DENIAL""; ""THE DRESS CODE:SMART BUSINESS OR INSUFFICIENT CHANGE?""; ""SMART BUSINESS""; ""YOU SAY GOOD BUSINESS, I SAY RACISM""; ""NOT ENOUGH: ONCE A GANGSTA, ALWAYS A GANGSTA""

""RACISM: TAKE 2""""THE POLITICS OF RESPECTABILITY AND SELF-HELP""; ""DRESSING FOR THE PART: ROLE MODELS""; ""THE DRESS CODE AND QUESTIONS OF AUTHENTICITY""; ""BEYOND THE DRESS CODE: THE NBA AND THE CRIMINALIZATION OF BLACK BODIES""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""5.  THE PALACE BRAWL AND THE COLORBLIND FANTASY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE PALACE BRAWL 2.0:MADISON SQUARE GARDEN MELEE""; ""THE CULTURE WARS""; ""THE NBAâ€?S CULTURE WAR""; ""FIVE YEARS LATER""; ""NOTES""; ""WORKS CITED: POPULAR DISCOURSE""; ""WORKS CITED: SCHOLARLY DISCOURSE""; ""INDEX""; ""A ""; ""B ""; ""C ""; ""D ""; ""E ""; ""F ""; ""G ""

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