When Women Rule the Court - Nicole Willms

When Women Rule the Court

Gender, Race, and Japanese American Basketball

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
258 Seiten
2017
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8135-8416-4 (ISBN)
159,95 inkl. MwSt
Winner of the 2018 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Book Award

For nearly one hundred years, basketball has been an important part of Japanese American life.  Women’s basketball holds a special place in the contemporary scene of highly organized and expansive Japanese American leagues in California, in part because these leagues have produced numerous talented female players. Using data from interviews and observations, Nicole Willms explores the interplay of social forces and community dynamics that have shaped this unique context of female athletic empowerment. As Japanese American women have excelled in mainstream basketball, they have emerged as local stars who have passed on the torch by becoming role models and building networks for others. 

NICOLE WILLMS is an assistant professor of sociology at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington.  

Introduction: “This Is What We Do”
1 “Everybody Plays”: The Inclusiveness of J-League Basketball        
2 "In JA Circles, Girls And Boys Are On Equal Footing”: The (Re)negotiation of Gender in J-League Basketball                                                                                                             
3 “Women Who Took Sports Beyond Play”: How Japanese American Women’s Basketball Went to College                                                                                                                              
4 “We’re Turning Them Into Stars!” The Japanese American Female Basketball Player as Icon      
5 “You Play Basketball?” Ruling The Court as An Unexpected Athlete                     
6 Conclusion: “It’s A Testament of What The Japanese Leagues Can Do for Young Girls”
Acknowledgements                                                         
Methodological Appendix   
Notes                                                                                                 
Bibliography                                                                                                                   
Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Critical Issues in Sport and Society
Zusatzinfo 10 photographs
Verlagsort New Brunswick NJ
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 216 mm
Gewicht 481 g
Themenwelt Sport Ballsport Basketball
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Allgemeine Soziologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Gender Studies
ISBN-10 0-8135-8416-7 / 0813584167
ISBN-13 978-0-8135-8416-4 / 9780813584164
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