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Synopsis
What is it about basketball that makes it "the black man's game"? And what about pickup basketball in particular:
can it tell us something about the state of blackness in the United States?
Reflecting on these questions, RafikMohamed presents pickup games as a text of the political, social, and
economic struggles of African American men. In the process, he tells a story about race in its peculiarly American
context, and about how the politics of race-and resistance-are mediated through sports. New & Used
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What Reviewers Are Saying
"This book is amazing.... an essential read. Mohamed's book brings the beauty, brilliance,
power, and contradictions of street basketball into view, elucidating much that we can learn from
ballers and the game they play."-David J. Leonard, University of California, Berkeley
"An intriguing, thoughtfully argued, and well-written work.... One of its key strengths is its ability
to show us how the micro-world of pickup basketball is a refuge from, a response to, and a reflection
of everyday life for many African American males."-Reuben A.May, Texas A&MUniversity
power, and contradictio
ballers and the game they play."-David J. Leonard, University of California, Berkeley
"An intriguing, thoughtfully
to show us how the micro-world of pickup basketball is a refuge from, a response to, and a reflection
of everyday life for many African American males."-Reuben A.May, Texas A&MUniversity