When women rule the court : gender, race, and Japanese American basketball /

"For nearly one hundred years, basketball has been an important part of Japanese American life. Women's basketball holds a special place in the contemporary scene of highly organized and expansive Japanese American leagues in California, in part because these leagues have produced numerous...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Willms, Nicole
مؤلف مشترك: Project Muse
التنسيق: Licensed eBooks
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2017.
سلاسل:Book collections on Project MUSE.
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1455685
جدول المحتويات:
  • Series; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction. "This Is What We Do"; Chapter 1. "Everybody Plays". The Inclusiveness of J-League Basketball; Chapter 2. "In JA Circ les, Girls and Boys Are on Equal Footing" The (Re)negotiation of Gender in J- League Basketball; Chapter 3. "Women Who Took Sports beyond Play". How Japanese American Women's Basketball Went to College; Chapter 4. "We're Turning Them into Stars!". The Japanese American Female Basketball Player as Icon; Chapter 5. "You Play Basketball?". Ruling the Court as an Unexpected Athlete
  • Chapter 6. Conclusion. "It's a Testament of What the Japanese Leagues Can Do for Young Girls"Acknowledgments; Methodological Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author