The Ping Pong Player and the Professor

An Anthropologist Explores Fatherhood and Meaning in an Extraordinary Sport

von Richard Sosis

312 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Most Americans view ping pong as either a basement recreation or the focus of a fraternity-party drinking game. Yet table tennis is an Olympic sport and one of the most popular athletic activities in the world. The Ping Pong Player and the Professor is a quirky memoir about the adventures of a Jewish anthropologist and his son, an elite player, in the colorful subculture of this extraordinary sport. The tale of their exploits in this hidden world is peppered with anthropological wisdom-the professor can't help himself-on a range of topics, including ethnicity, religion, sport, family, and how humans create and discover meaning in life. At its core The Ping Pong Player and the Professor is a heartwarming love story about the relationship between a father and son, two introverts who share a common bond over a nine-foot by five-foot table.

• Themen: Sport & Freizeit Ballsportarten / Ballspiele Schlägerspiele Tischtennis
• ISBN: 9781736075081
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 06.11.2023
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Wildhouse Publications