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Gridiron Capital - How American Football Became a Samoan Game (Paperback) Loot Price: R643
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Gridiron Capital - How American Football Became a Samoan Game (Paperback): Lisa Uperesa

Gridiron Capital - How American Football Became a Samoan Game (Paperback)

Lisa Uperesa

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Since the 1970s, a "Polynesian Pipeline" has brought football players from American Samoa to Hawaii and the mainland United States to play at the collegiate and professional levels. In Gridiron Capital Lisa Uperesa charts the cultural and social dynamics that have made football so central to Samoan communities. For Samoan athletes, football is not just an opportunity for upward mobility; it is a way to contribute to, support, and represent their family, village, and nation. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, archival research, and media analysis, Uperesa shows how the Samoan ascendancy in football is underpinned by the legacies of US empire and a set of imperial formations that mark Indigenous Pacific peoples as racialized subjects of US economic aid and development. Samoan players succeed by becoming entrepreneurs: building and commodifying their bodies and brands to enhance their football stock and market value. Uperesa offers insights into the social and physical costs of pursuing a football career, the structures that compel Pacific Islander youth toward athletic labor, and the possibilities for safeguarding their health and wellbeing in the future. Duke University Press Scholars of Color First Book Award recipient

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Imprint: Duke University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: June 2022
First published: 2022
Authors: Lisa Uperesa
Dimensions: 229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 978-1-4780-1809-4
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Leisure
Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > American football
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
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LSN: 1-4780-1809-7
Barcode: 9781478018094

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