Crossing Sidelines, Crossing Cultures

Sport and Asian Pacific American Cultural Citizenship

Joel S. Franks (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

226 Seiten

2001
University Press of America (Verlag)
978-0-7618-2125-0 (ISBN)

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Crossing Sidelines, Crossing Cultures crosses disciplines in order to examine an unexplored facet of American racial and ethnic experiences-Asian Pacific American participation in sports. Joel S. Franks examines the experiences of famous and not so famous Asian Pacific American athletes from the late 1800s to the present. Through the stories of athletes such as swimmer Duke Kahanamoku and figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi, Franks demonstrates how Asian Pacific Americans have overcome discrimination and stereotypes to cross the cultural barriers that separate them from other American racial and ethnic groups. This book reveals how the struggles that Asian Pacific Americans face in their desire to assert their cultural citizenship are often expressed through sports.

Joel S. Franks is a Lecturer in the Department of Social Science at San Jose State University in California.

chapter 1 Introduction chapter 2 Sports and Asian Pacific American Communities chapter 3 The Ring and The Mat: Boxing, Wrestling, and The "Martial Arts" chapter 4 Bats and Ball chapter 5 Touchdowns and Goals chapter 6 Courts and Communities chapter 7 From Duke to Tiger and Kristi chapter 8 Asian Pacific American Sporting Experiences in a Comparative Perspective

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.11.2001
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 229 mm
Gewicht	354 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-7618-2125-2 / 0761821252
ISBN-13	978-0-7618-2125-0 / 9780761821250
Zustand	Neuware