Global Sports and National Identity
Questions to consider
1. How do athletes stand for more than individual achievement?
2. What is it that enables them to stand as visual signs of nations, cross-cultural identity, communities in transition, or the force of globalization?
Here are two commercials mentioned in David Leonard’s article, “Yo, Yao! What does the ‘Ming Dynasty’ Tell Us About Race and Transnational Diplomacy in the NBA?”
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