Thomas Aiello - Hoops A Cultural History of Basketball in America - - S9000z

Description: About this Item The item is a book Hardback The Author Name is Thomas Aiello The Title is Hoops : A Cultural History of Basketball in America Condition New Other Comments Pages Count - 304. Binding type - Hardcover. Content Language - English Category - HISTORY / Social History HISTORY / United States / 20th Century HISTORY / African American & Black Product Description - From its early days as a sport to build "muscular Christianity" among young men flooding nineteenth-century cities to its position today as a global symbol of American culture, basketball has been a force in American society. It grew through high school gymnasiums, college pep rallies, and the fits and starts of professionalization. It was a playground game, an urban game, tied to all of the caricatures that were associated with urban culture. It struggled with integration and representations of race. Today, basketball's influence seeps into film, music, dance, and fashion. Hoops tells the story of the reciprocal relationship between the sport and the society that received it. While many books have celebrated specific aspects of the game, Thomas Aiello presents the only contemporary cultural history of the sport from the street to the highest levels of professional mens and womens competition. He argues that the game has existed in a reciprocal relationship with the broader culture, both embodying conflicts over race, class, and gender and serving a s public theater for them. Aiello places cultural icons like Bill Russell, Michael Jordan, and Kobe Bryant in the context of their times and explores how the sport negotiated controversies and scandals. Hoops belongs on the bookshelf of every reader interested in the history of basketball, sports, race, urban life, and pop culture in America. We Use Stock Images Because we have over 2 million items for sale we have to use stock images, this listing does not include the actual image of the item for sale. The purchase of this specific item is made with the understanding that the image shown in this listing is a stock image and not the actual item for sale. For example: some of our stock images include stickers, labels, price tags, hyper stickers, obi's, promotional messages, signatures and or writing which may not be available in the actual item. When possible we will add details of the items we are selling to help buyers know what is included in the item for sale. The details  are provided automatically  from our central master database and can sometimes be wrong. Books are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, not for sale, promotional, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions.  The Book you receive could be any of these editions or variations. If you are looking for a specific edition or version please contact us to verify what we are selling.   Gift IdeasThis is a  great Christmas gift idea.   Hours of ServiceWe have many warehouses,  some of the warehouses process orders seven days a week, but the Administration Support Staff are located at a head office location, outside of the warehouses, and typically work only Monday to Friday. Location ID 9000z iHaveit SKU ID 166170734

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UPC: 9781538147115

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ISBN: 9781538147115

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Book Title: Hoops : a Cultural History of Basketball in America

Number of Pages: 240 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated

Item Height: 1.1 in

Publication Year: 2022

Topic: United States / 20th Century, Social History, General, African American

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Sports & Recreation, History

Item Weight: 21.2 Oz

Author: Thomas Aiello

Item Length: 9.3 in

Item Width: 6.4 in

Format: Hardcover