LEADER 03553nam 2200985 a 450 001 9910808272403321 005 20240516130208.0 010 $a0-8147-8990-0 010 $a0-8147-9561-7 024 7 $a10.18574/nyu/9780814789902 035 $a(CKB)1000000000484153 035 $a(EBL)866070 035 $a(OCoLC)779828399 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000193557 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11216130 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000193557 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10218156 035 $a(PQKB)10707118 035 $a(OCoLC)229443218 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10246 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL866070 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10268998 035 $a(DE-B1597)547550 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814789902 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC866070 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000484153 100 $a20070611d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLiving through the hoop$b[electronic resource] $ehigh school basketball, race, and the American dream /$fReuben A. Buford May 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (261 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-9596-X 311 $a0-8147-5729-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 227-236) and index. 327 $aA look through the hoop -- For the good of all -- The three D's : drugs, drinking, and delinquency -- Race and hoops everyday -- Knight style masculinity -- Sportsmanship and the need to win -- The dirty trick -- Epilogue : the death of Calvin Cody. 330 $aVisit the author's YouTube channel!. When high school basketball player LeBron James was selected as the top pick in the National Basketball Association draft of 2003, the hopes of a half-million high school basketball players soared. If LeBron could go straight from high school to the NBA, why couldn't they? Such is the allure of basketball for so many young African American men. Unfortunately, the reality is that their chances of ever playing basketball at the professional, or even college, level are infinitesimal. In Living Through the Hoop , Reuben A. Buford May tells the absorbing story o 606 $aBasketball$xMoral and ethical aspects$zUnited States 606 $aBasketball$zUnited States$xSociological aspects 606 $aBasketball players$zGeorgia 610 $aAfrican. 610 $aAmerican. 610 $aHoop. 610 $aLiving. 610 $aSouth. 610 $aThrough. 610 $aabout. 610 $aarea. 610 $abasketball. 610 $aboys. 610 $acompelling. 610 $adetailed. 610 $aenvironment. 610 $aethnographic. 610 $afind. 610 $ahigh. 610 $ahopeless. 610 $amens. 610 $aoffers. 610 $aoften. 610 $aportrait. 610 $aschool. 610 $astory. 610 $astruggle. 610 $ateam. 610 $atheir. 610 $aurban. 610 $ayoung. 615 0$aBasketball$xMoral and ethical aspects 615 0$aBasketball$xSociological aspects. 615 0$aBasketball players 676 $a796.323/62 700 $aMay$b Reuben A. Buford$f1965-$01657904 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808272403321 996 $aLiving through the hoop$94014627 997 $aUNINA