Ball Don't Lie: Myth, Genealogy, and Invention in the Cultures of Basketball
(Part of the Sporting Series)
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Pro basketball player Rasheed Wallace often exclaimed the pragmatic truth "Ball don't lie " during a game. It is 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 Col s traces the various forms of power at work in the intersections between basketball and language from...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1439912432
ISBN13:9781439912430
Release Date:April 2016
Publisher:Temple University Press
Length:200 Pages
Weight:0.74 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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