Publication Date
5-1-2008
Advisor(s)
Clawson, Mary Ann
Major
Sociology
Language
English
Abstract
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.
Recommended Citation
Diamond, Alexander K., "The Construction of Race in Professional Basketball" (2008). Honors Theses - All. Paper 99.
http://wesscholar.wesleyan.edu/etd_hon_theses/99
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