Perceptions of East Asian and Asian North American Athletics
Author | : Steve Bien-Aimé |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 2022-09-27 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783030977801 |
ISBN-13 | : 3030977803 |
Rating | : 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This book highlights inconsistencies within the field of sports scholarship and provides an opportunity to open up and extend conversations about the intersection of sports media and race — particularly surrounding athletes of East Asian descent. Despite the growing influence of East Asian and Asian American/Canadian athletes, they are still underrepresented in Western media and in scholarship. This anthology adds much-needed literature to sports, popular culture, East Asian, and Asian American studies. The prominence of sports in global popular culture makes the intersections explored in this collection a crucial addition to existing conversations about both sports and East Asian/Asian American/Canadian studies.