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3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very pertinent book
A very pertinent book on a rarely discussed issue: Yao Ming as not just a basketball player, but a marker for a new kind of race relation in the NBA that falls outside the usual black-white paradigm, as well as a marker for the new global economy, in which even former communist countries like China export their talents to America. Farred's argument is at times very...
Published on December 6, 2006 by A. Koshal
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3 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
An embarassment to Duke University.
I picked this book up at my University Library after reading some of its bizzare excerpts. It couldn't be as bad the reviewer held out. Wrong. Its specious arguments, shaky facts, obscurant prose and unsupported conclusions should embarass Duke and Farred.
Published on November 15, 2006 by Ompus
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3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very pertinent book,
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This review is from: Phantom Calls: Race and the Globalization of the NBA (Paperback)
A very pertinent book on a rarely discussed issue: Yao Ming as not just a basketball player, but a marker for a new kind of race relation in the NBA that falls outside the usual black-white paradigm, as well as a marker for the new global economy, in which even former communist countries like China export their talents to America. Farred's argument is at times very subtle but he is at his best in bringing to the fore issues of race, economics, and globalization that most of us who watch the NBA ignore.
I question whether the first reviewer even read the book. It just came out, and the idea that its already in his university library is a little far-fetched...
3 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
An embarassment to Duke University.,
By Ompus (Miami, FL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Phantom Calls: Race and the Globalization of the NBA (Paperback)
I picked this book up at my University Library after reading some of its bizzare excerpts. It couldn't be as bad the reviewer held out. Wrong.
Its specious arguments, shaky facts, obscurant prose and unsupported conclusions should embarass Duke and Farred. |
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Phantom Calls: Race and the Globalization of the NBA by Grant Farred (Paperback - September 25, 2006)
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