Black Planet
, by Shields, DavidNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780803293540 | 0803293542
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 12/1/2006
The National Basketball Association is a place where white fans and black players enact virtually every racial issue and tension in U.S. culture. Following the Seattle SuperSonics for an entire season, David Shields explores how, in a predominantly black sport, white fansincluding especially himselfthink about and talk about black heroes, black scapegoats, and black bodies. Critically acclaimed and highly controversial,Black Planetwas a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the PEN USA Award, and was named one of the Top Ten Nonfiction Books of 1999 byEsquire,Newsday,Los Angeles Weekly, and Amazon.com.