{"product_id":"rezballers-and-skate-elders-joyful-futures-in-indian-country-hardback-9781496213167","title":"Rezballers and Skate Elders; Joyful Futures in Indian Country (Hardback) 9781496213167","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRezballers and Skate Elders\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eJoyful Futures in Indian Country\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Kamper (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496213167\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 June 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages, 7 photographs, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“David Kamper has provided a provocative and insightful reimagining of the role and function of sport in contemporary Native life. His sensitive portrayal of basketball and skateboarding invites the reader into a vibrant world of youth cultures, community engagement, Indigenous survivance, and reinvention of what it means to be Indigenous in the twenty-first century.”-Jeffrey P. Shepherd, author of \u003ci\u003eWe Are an Indian Nation: A History of the Hualapai People\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“\u003ci\u003eRezballers and Skate Elders\u003c\/i\u003e is a contribution to its field, offering an upbeat portrayal of American Indian youth culture that goes beyond yet another story about historical traumas and tragedies. This is a fascinating and thought-provoking work.”-Ashkan Soltani Stone, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eRez Metal: Inside the Navajo Nation Heavy Metal Scene\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eEthnographer and American Indian studies scholar David Kamper examines how Indigenous youth and adults are making basketball and skateboarding meaningful to their communities by sustaining the transmission of intergenerational knowledge and combatting intergenerational trauma. Kamper looks at how the events and tournaments built around rezball are similar to powwows in how they bring people together across localized communities and generations and he coins the phrase “skate elders” for those who use the social nature of skateboarding to build community and mentorships.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Through a broad picture of North America, Kamper demonstrates how Native peoples have long indigenized cultural practices and material culture to assert Native sovereignty, creating joy and hope in the process. In \u003ci\u003eRezballers and Skate Elders \u003c\/i\u003eKamper considers how Native expressions of basketball and skateboarding show continuities with the historical transformation of practices that originated outside Indian Country to make them meaningful in Native life.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52599896867096,"sku":"9781496213167","price":38.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/rezballers-and-skate-elders-joyful-futures-in-indian-country-hardback-9781496213167","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}