Interdisciplinary analyses of professional basketball : investigating the hardwood / Till Neuhaus, Niklas Thomas, editors

Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2024]
Copyright Date: ©2024
Physical Description: xix, 349 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Additional Creators: Neuhaus, Till and Thomas, Niklas

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Global culture and sport

Summary

This edited collection conceptualizes professional basketball not just as a sport but as an historically, culturally, and economically embedded entity. The chapters analyse the fact that the sport of basketball contains alternative logics that can easily clash, and by treating professional basketball as the negotiation place of these multiple demands, ideas, and logics, the editors have identified three areas in which these clashes manifest: the realization of the game; the cultural impact of professional basketball and the global outreach of professional basketball. The book is explanatory and qualitative, offering new perspectives and touching on topics including gender, diversity, racism, and minority experiences within professional basketball. As such it will be of interest to sport sociologists, as well as those researching the history of sport, sports marketing and cultural studies.

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9783031416552 hardcover
3031416554
9783031416569 (eBook)

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Includes bibliographical references.

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