"We Be Killin' Them": Hierarchies of black masculinity in urban basketball spaces

Sociology of Sport Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 263-280

  Atencio, Matthew ^a,c   Wright, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 53349173440     PISSN: 07411235     EISSN: 15432785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ssj.25.2.263     Document Type: Article

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