Give and Go: Basketball As a Cultural Practice - Softcover

"Unparalleled in scope, coverage, quality of writing, and depth of thought, Give and Go sets a standard for others to learn from and aspire to." -- American Journal of Play

"...Mc Laughlin provides strong evidence that the culture in a simple game of pickup basketball reflects the culture of US society." -- CHOICE

"Mc Laughlin still plays in half-court games, but his theories on basketball are full court, and then some. If Sartre and Camus were hoopsters, they'd be laying high fives on him." -- Rick Telander, Chicago Sun-Times and author of Heaven Is a Playground

"With this groundbreaking book, Mc Laughlin makes an important contribution to the growing body of keen intellectualizing which has conclusively demonstrated that sport is not, has never been, and will never be, just a game. Mc Laughlin vividly illuminates the classed, raced, and gendered aspects of basketball, as well as its relationship with broader societal forces (social, economic, political, ethical, and technological). This is an important book on a sport that has come to define the contemporary American condition." -- David L. Andrews, author of Michael Jordan, Inc.: Corporate Sport, Media Culture, and Late Modern America