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Bodies of Discourse: Sport Stars, Mass Media and the Global Public

Bodies of Discourse: Sport Stars, Mass Media and the Global Public

Sandvoss, Cornel
Real, Michael
Becker, Lee

Hardcover

Series: Mass Communication and Journalism, Book 3

Writing InstructionSports GeneralGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 143311173X
ISBN13: 9781433111730
Publisher: Peter Lang Us
Published: Feb 21 2012
Pages: 250
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Sports stars are omnipresent icons of popular culture. In the global age of celebrity, few public personae enjoy greater popularity and recognition than professional athletes. Yet, beyond their sporting achievements, athletes - from stars with near-global appeal such as Muhammad Ali or Tiger Woods to local and national sporting heroes - embody and reflect key political, social, and cultural discourses of our time. This anthology investigates sports stardom in its global context across the spectrum of spectator sport: from the quest of Japanese star athletes to exorcise the cultural demons of postwar Japan, to the Mexican pitcher celebrating victory in the first major league baseball game played on Mexican soil; from the naturalization of a Croatian footballer in Israel, to the marginalization of Scottish women curlers at the Winter Olympics.

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