The Construction of Race in Professional Basketball
Document
This essay describes the construction of race in the NBA as a contested process. It argues that the league has a financial motive to regulate the kinds of racial meaning that it portrays, but that Black players may also resist and assert their own racial conceptions.
Item Description
Name(s)
Author: Diamond, Alexander K.
Thesis advisor: Clawson, Mary Ann
Date
May 01, 2008
Extent
55 pages
Language
eng
Genre
Physical Form
electronic
Discipline
Rights and Use
In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Digital Collection
PID
ir:1431