| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 218 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Fabled Futures and Football Dreams -- . Malaga: Forging New Pathways in Sport and Beyond -- Football, Tautua, and Faʹasāmoa -- Producing the Gridiron Warrior -- Gridiron Capital -- "Faʹamālosi!": Strength, Injury, and Sacrifice -- Niu Futures |
| Summary |
"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. Throughout, 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."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Football -- Social aspects -- American Samoa
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Football -- Economic aspects -- American Samoa
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Football players -- American Samoa
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SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
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Football -- Economic aspects
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Football players
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Football -- Social aspects
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American Samoa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781478022701 |
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1478022701 |
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