04197cam a2200577 i 4500102923808MiAaHDL20221130000000.0m d cr bn ---auaua211213s2022 ncua b 001 0 eng 2021046445GBC265840bnb020551687Uk12682572249781478022701(ebook)14780180979781478018094(paperback)14780154629781478015468(hardcover)UKMGB020551687sdr-ia-duke.010553627(OCoLC)12682566571268256657NcD/DLCengrdaDLCOCLCOOCLCFUKMGBNDDpccpoas---NDDPGV959.54.A46U647 2022796.3309961/323/eng/20220104SOC002010SPO066000bisacshUperesa, Lisa,1976-https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2021148179author.Gridiron capital :how American football became a Samoan game /Lisa Uperesa.Durham :Duke University Press,2022.xviii, 218 pages :illustrations (colour) ;23 cmtexttxtrdacontentunmediatednrdamediavolumencrdacarrierIncludes bibliographical references and index.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."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.Mode of access: Internet.FootballSocial aspects.fasthttps://id.worldcat.org/fast/931398Football players.fasthttps://id.worldcat.org/fast/931425FootballEconomic aspects.fasthttps://id.worldcat.org/fast/931379SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects.bisacshSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.bisacshFootball playershttps://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85050420American Samoa.https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79145002-781Footballhttps://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85050405Economic aspectshttps://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005484American Samoa.https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79145002-781Footballhttps://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85050405Social aspectshttps://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00002758American Samoa.https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79145002-781American Samoa.fasthttps://id.worldcat.org/fast/1207148Online version:Uperesa, Lisa, 1976-Gridiron capitalDurham : Duke University Press, 20229781478022701(DLC) 202104644610292380820221027080844.020221130000000.020221130140504.02022-12-03T19:00:18Z2022-12-03T18:30:02ZSDR-IA-DUKEia-dukeUNKNOWNprepare.pl-004-008BKsdr-ia-duke.010553627dul1SDRIDUKEdul1.ark:/13960/s2w9t7xs7tbDUL010553627ia.gridironcapital00uperia.gridironcapital00uperDULIDUKE20221203iadul1.ark:/13960/s2w9t7xs7tb2022icbibUS bib date1 >= 1931