Ball don't lie! : myth, genealogy, and invention in the cultures of basketball / Yago Colás.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colás, Santiago, 1965- author.

Series:

Sporting (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Sporting

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Basketball--United States--History.

Basketball.

Basketball--Social aspects.

United States.

History.

Basketball--Social aspects--United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 203 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Myth, genealogy, and invention in the cultures of basketball

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Pro Basketball player Rasheed Wallace often exclaimed the pragmatic truth "Ball don't lie!" during a game, as a protest against a referee's bad calls. But the slogan, which originated in pickup games, brings the reality of a racialized urban playground into mainstream American popular culture. In Ball Don't Lie! Yago Colás traces the various forms of power at work in the intersections between basketball and language, from the game's invention to the present day. In the series Sporting, edited by Amy Bass Book jacket.

Contents:

I Myths of the Basketball Republic (1891-1949)

1 The Myth of Creation, December 21, 1891 19

2 The Myth of Foundation, June 6, 1946 37

II Myths of the Modern Basketball State (1949-1991)

3 The Myth of the Rivalry, November 7, 1959 55

4 The Myth of the Garden, May 8, 1970 71

5 The Myth of the Amateurs, March 26, 1979 87

III Myths of the Basketball Empire (1991-Present)

6 The Myth of the Greatest of All Time, June 13, 1991 105

7 The Myth of Blackness, March 12, 1997 121

8 The Myth of the Right Way, June 15, 2004 137

9 The Myth of the Man, July 8, 2010 151.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781439912423

1439912424

9781439912430

1439912432

OCLC:

919202233