Professional basketball, the ‘hardship case’ and the ‘culture of poverty’: The social construction of black basketball players from Spencer Haywood to Moses Malone, 1969–1974

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Professional basketball, the ‘hardship case’ and the ‘culture of poverty’: The social construction of black basketball players from Spencer Haywood to Moses Malone, 1969–1974

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Between 1969 and 1974, a group of Black basketball players from Spencer Haywood to Moses Malone disrupted the protocol of professional and college basketball labour policy, regulations, and behavioral norms by opting out of the previously obligatory four years of collegiate competition to turn pro. The rhetorical construct adopted by the professional basketball leagues to publicly address this labour disruption was the 'hardship case'. This article argues that the discussion of 'hardship', as it became reified throughout White sports journalism, adapted the sociological, anthropological, and political language of breadwinner liberalism and the 'culture of poverty' to the domains of sports and popular culture. As the more progressive 1960s transitioned into the 1970s, the 'culture of poverty' lost its tethering to liberal ideals and became a discursive framework for White, conservative—or neoconservative—reaction. Utilizing Stuart Hall's notion of Black popular culture as a contested space, this article shows how professional basketball became an important cultural location for 'strategic confrontations' over the meaning of the Black athlete in the late 1960s and 1970s. Professional Black basketball players, this article argues, became complex discursive signifiers that reflected White anxieties and fantasies in an era of economic recession, cultural divisive, and grievance-driven identity politics.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Professional basketball, the ‘hardship case’ and the ‘culture of poverty’: The social construction of black basketball players from Spencer Haywood to Moses Malone, 1969–1974

Popis výsledku anglicky

Between 1969 and 1974, a group of Black basketball players from Spencer Haywood to Moses Malone disrupted the protocol of professional and college basketball labour policy, regulations, and behavioral norms by opting out of the previously obligatory four years of collegiate competition to turn pro. The rhetorical construct adopted by the professional basketball leagues to publicly address this labour disruption was the 'hardship case'. This article argues that the discussion of 'hardship', as it became reified throughout White sports journalism, adapted the sociological, anthropological, and political language of breadwinner liberalism and the 'culture of poverty' to the domains of sports and popular culture. As the more progressive 1960s transitioned into the 1970s, the 'culture of poverty' lost its tethering to liberal ideals and became a discursive framework for White, conservative—or neoconservative—reaction. Utilizing Stuart Hall's notion of Black popular culture as a contested space, this article shows how professional basketball became an important cultural location for 'strategic confrontations' over the meaning of the Black athlete in the late 1960s and 1970s. Professional Black basketball players, this article argues, became complex discursive signifiers that reflected White anxieties and fantasies in an era of economic recession, cultural divisive, and grievance-driven identity politics.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

International Journal of the History of Sport

ISSN

0952-3367

e-ISSN

1743-9035

Svazek periodika

41

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

14

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

18

Strana od-do

1591-1608

Kód UT WoS článku

001411220600001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105016176097