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