| Description |
1 online resource (230 pages) |
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Studies in American Popular History and Culture Ser |
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Studies in American Popular History and Culture Ser
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: The Athlete as Hero, Star and Celebrity; Athlete as Hero; Athlete as Star; Athlete as Celebrity; Characters and Commodities; Representation of Specific Sports; Ryne Sandberg: The All-American Boy of Summer; Jim McMahon: Not Your All-American Boy; Michael Jordan: Transcending Chicago and Basketball; Chapter Two: Images of the Athletic Hero in Films; Two Contemporary Heroes; Biographical Film Heroes; Take Up Thy Bed and Walk; Football Heroes and Anti-Heroes; Multiple, Non-Professional Heroes |
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Chapter Three: Gender, the Family and SportsBroadcasting, Sports and Women; Women in Male Sports Films; Mothers and Fathers and Sons; Sports Films and the Feminist Inflection; Maintaining the Heterosexual Couple; Chapter Four: The Play of Race Within Sports Films; Narrative Strategies Representing Race; Bingo Long: Separation as Resistance; Biographical Films and Racism; Race and Sports: Political Action; Sports as Personal Struggle; Separation: The Small Town; Constructing the Black Hero; Fantasy, the Playing Field and Race; Racial Spaces: Extending the Field; Conclusion |
| Summary |
First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company |
| Notes |
Appendix: FilmographyBibliography; Index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
African Americans in motion pictures.
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Sports films.
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Team sports in motion pictures.
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Women in motion pictures.
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African Americans in motion pictures
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Sports films
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Team sports in motion pictures
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Women in motion pictures
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317944768 |
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1317944763 |
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