Asian American Sporting Cultures

Langue : anglais

Edité par New York University Press, 2016

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Delves into the long history of Asian American sporting cultures, considering how identities and communities are negotiated on sporting fields Through a close examination of Asian American sporting cultures ranging from boxing and basketball to spelling bees and wrestling, the contributors reveal the intimate connection between sport and identity formation. Sport plays a special role in the processes of citizen-making and of the policing of national and diasporic bodies. It is thus one key area in which Asian American stereotypes may be challenged, negotiated, and destroyed as athletic performances create multiple opportunities for claiming American identities. This volume incorporates work on Pacific Islander, South Asian, and Southeast Asian Americans as well as East Asian Americans, and explores how sports are gendered, including examinations of Asian American men's attempts to claim masculinity through sporting cultures as well as the "Orientalism" evident in discussions of mixed martial arts as practiced by Asian American female fighters. This American story illuminates how marginalized communities perform their American-ness through co-ethnic and co-racial sporting spaces.…

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Titre
Asian American Sporting Cultures
Auteur
Stanley I Thangaraj
Éditeur
New York University Press
Année de publication
2016
État de l'article
Very Good
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Paperback
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
1479884693
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9781479884698

World of Books (was SecondSale)

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