Interdisciplinary Analyses of Professional Basketball: Investigating the Hardwood (1st ed. 2024) (Global Culture and Sport Series)

By: Till Neuhaus and Niklas Thomas

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Synopsis: 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.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783031416569
Related ISBNs:: 9783031416552
Publisher:: Springer Nature Switzerland
Date of Addition:: 02/03/24
Copyrighted By:: The Editor
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Sports, Religion and Spirituality, Business and Finance, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Till Neuhaus
Edited by:: Niklas Thomas