Caribbean Hoops: The Development of West Indian Basketball (Caribbean Studies)

Caribbean Hoopsaccounts for the growth, present status, and likely future of Caribbean basketball. Using ethnographic data, the authors describe and analyze the factors that have influenced the sport's development, its strengths and voluntarism and commercialism as modes of organization, its special problem for referees, its political significance, and its methods of governance. Engaging and topical, this book represents a unique viewpoint on a growing, influential athletic and cultural phenomenon.