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

• Autore: Leonard David J
• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (277 p.)
• Disciplina: 796.323/64
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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 "" ; ""H """"I ""; ""J ""; ""L ""; ""M ""; ""N ""; ""O ""; ""P ""; ""R ""; ""S ""; ""T ""; ""W ""; ""Y ""; ""Z ""; ""LIST OF TITLES IN THE SUNY SERIES ON SPORT, CULTURE, AND SOCIAL RELATIONS ""
• Titolo autorizzato: After Artest
• ISBN: 1-4384-4207-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452449603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SUNY Series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations