Ball Don't Lie: Myth, Genealogy, and Invention in the Cultures of Basketball

by Yago Colás

Book Overview

Pro basketball player Rasheed Wallace often exclaimed the pragmatic truth "Ball don't lie " during a game. It is a protest against a referee's bad calls. But the slogan, which originated in pickup games, brings the reality of a racialized urban playground into mainstream American popular culture.

In Ball Don't Lie , Yago Col s traces the various forms of power at work in the intersections between basketball and language from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439912424
• ISBN13: 9781439912423
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"