When Women Rule the Court
Subtitle: Gender, Race, and Japanese American Basketball
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: Aug 28, 2017
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780813584164
Description: "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"--
Notes: Source title: When Women Rule the Court: Gender, Race, and Japanese American Basketball (Critical Issues in Sport and Society)