Hoop Dreams - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hoop Dreams write by Ben Joravsky. This book was released on 1996-02-02. Hoop Dreams available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For nearly five years Arthur Agee's and William Gates' remarkable lives were chronicled by a team of filmmakers. Roughly 250 hours of film were devoted to their journeys from the playgrounds to high school competition to college recruitment and -- whittled down to three hours -- it became the award-winning film Hoop Dreams. Now journalist Ben Joravsky vividly brings to light all the richness and subtlety of their stories, and the impact their aspirations had on themselves, their families and their relationships. It is an intimate look, complete with an up-to-date epilogue on the latest developments in their lives.
Desi Hoop Dreams
Desi Hoop Dreams - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Desi Hoop Dreams write by Stanley I. Thangaraj. This book was released on 2015-06-26. Desi Hoop Dreams available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. South Asian American men are not usually depicted as ideal American men. They struggle against popular representations as either threatening terrorists or geeky, effeminate computer geniuses. To combat such stereotypes, some use sports as a means of performing a distinctly American masculinity. Desi Hoop Dreams focuses on South Asian-only basketball leagues common in most major U.S. and Canadian cities, to show that basketball, for these South Asian American players is not simply a whimsical hobby, but a means to navigate and express their identities in 21st century America. The participation of young men in basketball is one platform among many for performing South Asian American identity. South Asian-only leagues and tournaments become spaces in which to negotiate the relationships between masculinity, race, and nation. When faced with stereotypes that portray them as effeminate, players perform sporting feats on the court to represent themselves as athletic. And though they draw on black cultural styles, they carefully set themselves off from African American players, who are deemed “too aggressive.” Accordingly, the same categories of their own marginalization—masculinity, race, class, and sexuality—are those through which South Asian American men exclude women, queer masculinities, and working-class masculinities, along with other racialized masculinities, in their effort to lay claim to cultural citizenship. One of the first works on masculinity formation and sport participation in South Asian American communities, Desi Hoop Dreams focuses on an American popular sport to analyze the dilemma of belonging within South Asian America in particular and in the U.S. in general.
Hoop Dreams
Hoop Dreams - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hoop Dreams write by Cristin Morgan. This book was released on 2018-04-24. Hoop Dreams available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A stylish embroidery guide for the modern maker, featuring twenty beautiful projects with step-by-step instructions and inspiring templates. Vibrant color and rich textures abound in Hoop Dreams, a stylish embroidery guide for the modern maker. Author Cristin Morgan of Marigold + Mars outlines the basics of ten classic embroidery stitches and then teaches you how to use them to create twenty beautiful and practical projects for hoops, for the home, and to wear. New and experienced embroiderers alike will be delighted by the fresh motifs and bold color palettes and empowered by the easy step-by-step instructions and templates, which show that with just a few simple stitches, some basic materials, and an idea or two, you can stitch just about anything. A glossary of more than fifty additional patterns and motifs will inspire you to personalize your projects and use your newfound embroidery skills in fresh and imaginative ways.
Living Through the Hoop
Living Through the Hoop - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Living Through the Hoop write by Reuben A. Buford May. This book was released on 2009-09. Living Through the Hoop available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. May tells the absorbing story of the hopes and struggles of one high school basketball team, the Northeast High School Knights in Northeast, Georgia, and the powerful role that a basketball team can play in keeping young African American kids straight, away from street-life, focused on completing high school, and possibly even attending college.
All the Dreams We've Dreamed
All the Dreams We've Dreamed - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook All the Dreams We've Dreamed write by Rus Bradburd. This book was released on 2018-05-01. All the Dreams We've Dreamed available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Shawn Harrington returned to Marshall High School as an assistant coach years after appearing as a player in the iconic basketball documentary film Hoop Dreams. In January of 2014, Marshall's struggling team was about to improve after the addition of a charismatic but troubled player. Everything changed, however, when two young men opened fire on Harrington's car as he drove his daughter to school. Using his body to shield her, Harrington was struck and paralyzed. The mistaken-identity shooting was followed by a series of events that had a devastating impact on Harrington and Marshall's basketball family. Over the next three years it became obvious that the dream of the game providing a better life had nearly dissolved. Author Rus Bradburd tells Shawn's story with empathy and care, exploring the intertwined tragedies of gun violence, health care failure, racial assumptions, struggling educational systems, corruption in athletics—and the hope that can survive them all.
