Black Planet: Facing Race During an NBA Season
The National Basketball Association is a place where white fans and black players enact virtually every racial issue and tension in U.S. culture. Following the Seattle SuperSonics for an entire season, David Shields explores how, in a predominantly black sport, white fans-including especially himself-think about and talk about black heroes, black scapegoats, and black bodies. Critically acclaimed and highly controversial, Black Planet was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the PEN USA Award, and was named one of the Top Ten Nonfiction Bo
350 pages, 4 editions
English edition · First published 1999 by University of Nebraska Press · ISBN 9780803253254
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Editions
4 editions
English
- Black Planet: Facing Race During an NBA Season · University of Nebraska Press · 2006 · ISBN 9780803253254 This page
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- Black Planet · University of Nebraska Press · 2006 · ISBN 9780803293540
- Black Planet : Facing Race During an NBA Season · Crown · 1999 · ISBN 9780609604526
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