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"Antolihao provides a well-crafted narrative of the historical and social discourse of basketball in the Philippines."—Chad Carlson, Journal of Sport History
"Antolihao has written a very interesting study that nobody working on Philippine basketball and baseball can ignore."—Stefan Hübner, Journal of Asian American Studies
“Attentive to the ways in which so many aspects of political and national discourse intersect with the game of basketball. Any historians working on Philippine history or the history of sport and colonialism would be well served by reading this work.”—Andrew D. Morris, professor of history at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Spheroid of Influence: Sports, Colonization, Modernity
2. From Baseball Colony to Basketball Republic: Postcolonial Transition and National Sporting Culture
3. The Hollywoodization of Hoops: Basketball, Mass Media, Popular Culture
4. Rooting for the Underdog: Sports, Spectatorship, Subalternity
5. Basketball without Borders: Globalization and National Sports in Postcolonial Context
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Playing with the Big Boys Basketball American

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      Publisher University of Nebraska Press
      Published 1 May 2015
      ISBN-13 9780803255463
      978-0803255463
      ISBN-10 0803255462
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      Sociology: sport and leisure Basketball

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "Antolihao provides a well-crafted narrative of the historical and social discourse of basketball in the Philippines."—Chad Carlson, Journal of Sport History
      "Antolihao has written a very interesting study that nobody working on Philippine basketball and baseball can ignore."—Stefan Hübner, Journal of Asian American Studies
      “Attentive to the ways in which so many aspects of political and national discourse intersect with the game of basketball. Any historians working on Philippine history or the history of sport and colonialism would be well served by reading this work.”—Andrew D. Morris, professor of history at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

      Table of Contents

      List of Illustrations
      List of Tables
      Acknowledgments
      List of Abbreviations
      Introduction
      1. Spheroid of Influence: Sports, Colonization, Modernity
      2. From Baseball Colony to Basketball Republic: Postcolonial Transition and National Sporting Culture
      3. The Hollywoodization of Hoops: Basketball, Mass Media, Popular Culture
      4. Rooting for the Underdog: Sports, Spectatorship, Subalternity
      5. Basketball without Borders: Globalization and National Sports in Postcolonial Context
      Conclusion
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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