LEADER 04580nam 22007935 450 001 9910815515603321 005 20240410030753.0 010 $a0-8147-6462-2 010 $a0-8147-6297-2 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814762974 035 $a(CKB)3710000000430982 035 $a(EBL)2067187 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001497508 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12589465 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001497508 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11494171 035 $a(PQKB)10659836 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001533195 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2067187 035 $a(OCoLC)923734883 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse42930 035 $a(DE-B1597)546906 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814762974 035 $a(DE-B1597)680977 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814764626 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000430982 100 $a20200723h20152015 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|un|u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDesi Hoop Dreams $ePickup Basketball and the Making of Asian American Masculinity /$fStanley I. Thangaraj 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cNew York University Press,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (474 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8147-6093-7 311 0 $a0-8147-7035-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. Everyday Play --$t2. ?Who Is Desi?? --$t3. Racial Ambiguity --$t4. Getting ?Digits? --$t5. Breaking the Cycle --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tAbout the Author 330 $aSouth Asian American men are not usually depicted as ideal American men. They struggle against popular representations as either threatening terrorists or geeky, effeminate computer geniuses. To combat such stereotypes, some use sports as a means of performing a distinctly American masculinity. Desi Hoop Dreams focuses on South Asian-only basketball leagues common in most major U.S. and Canadian cities, to show that basketball, for these South Asian American players is not simply a whimsical hobby, but a means to navigate and express their identities in 21st century America. The participation of young men in basketball is one platform among many for performing South Asian American identity. South Asian-only leagues and tournaments become spaces in which to negotiate the relationships between masculinity, race, and nation. When faced with stereotypes that portray them as effeminate, players perform sporting feats on the court to represent themselves as athletic. And though they draw on black cultural styles, they carefully set themselves off from African American players, who are deemed ?too aggressive.? Accordingly, the same categories of their own marginalization?masculinity, race, class, and sexuality?are those through which South Asian American men exclude women, queer masculinities, and working-class masculinities, along with other racialized masculinities, in their effort to lay claim to cultural citizenship. One of the first works on masculinity formation and sport participation in South Asian American communities, Desi Hoop Dreams focuses on an American popular sport to analyze the dilemma of belonging within South Asian America in particular and in the U.S. in general. 606 $aGroup identity$zUnited States 606 $aMarginality, Social$zUnited States 606 $aMasculinity$zUnited States 606 $aSouth Asian Americans$xCultural assimilation 606 $aSouth Asian Americans$xEthnic identity 606 $aSouth Asian Americans$xSocial life and customs 606 $aAsian American men$xSocial life and customs 606 $aBasketball$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aBasketball$zUnited States 615 0$aGroup identity 615 0$aMarginality, Social 615 0$aMasculinity 615 0$aSouth Asian Americans$xCultural assimilation. 615 0$aSouth Asian Americans$xEthnic identity. 615 0$aSouth Asian Americans$xSocial life and customs. 615 0$aAsian American men$xSocial life and customs. 615 0$aBasketball$xSocial aspects 615 0$aBasketball 676 $a796.323 700 $aThangaraj$b Stanley I.$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01717017 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815515603321 996 $aDesi Hoop Dreams$94112760 997 $aUNINA