Outside the Paint: When Basketball Ruled at the Chinese Playground
Author: Kathleen Yep
Publisher: Temple: 2009
Format: Hardcover
Condition: New
ISBN: 9781592139422
Description
"This book accomplishes much more than simply documenting the explosion of basketball's popularity in San Francisco's Chinatown. Yep explores several sociological themes throughout the book's chapters, such as how sports help marginalized segments of society develop a sense of belonging, and how sports gain political importance among segregated groups....For this reason, Outside the Paint is not simply a book about basketball, but a vivid description of how sports affect the identity of groups and their interactions with larger society."
Review
"This book accomplishes much more than simply documenting the explosion of basketball’s popularity in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Yep explores several sociological themes throughout the book’s chapters, such as how sports help marginalized segments of society develop a sense of belonging, and how sports gain political importance among segregated groups….For this reason, Outside the Paint is not simply a book about basketball, but a vivid description of how sports affect the identity of groups and their interactions with larger society."
—Contemporary Sociology
Author
Kathy Yep is a Professor of Asian American Studies at Pitzer College (of the Claremont Colleges).