Transnational Sport in the American West - Oaxaca California Basketball

This study follows the path of Oaxaca basketball from southern Mexico to the United States. It examines how the sport continues to cross physical and cultural borders, intersect with the political, economic, and cultural aspects of migration, and impact the sense of identity and community among youth.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Migrant Mentality and Immigrant Reality
Chapter 2: History of Oaxacan Basketball
Chapter 3: Oaxacan Basketball Arrives in the United States
Chapter 4: La Copa Benito Juárez
Chapter 5: Next Generation

About the author

Bernardo Ramirez Rios is assistant professor of anthropology at Skidmore College.

Summary

This study follows the path of Oaxaca basketball from southern Mexico to the United States. It examines how the sport continues to cross physical and cultural borders, intersect with the political, economic, and cultural aspects of migration, and impact the sense of identity and community among youth.

Product details

• Authors: Bernardo Ramirez Rios
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781793600820
• ISBN: 978-1-79360-082-0
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: Sport, Identity, and Culture; Sport, Identity, and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Basketball, SPORTS & RECREATION / Basketball, Local History, History of the Americas, US West, Western & Pacific Coast states