Sport and Society Ser.: Sports in the Western World by William J. Baker (1988, …

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Subject
Sports
ISBN
9780252060427
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Publisher
University of Illinois Press
ISBN-10
0252060423
ISBN-13
9780252060427
eBay Product ID (ePID)
77255

Product Key Features

Edition
2
Book Title
Sports in the Western World
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1988
Topic
Social History, Sociology of Sports, General
Features
Revised
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Sports & Recreation, History
Type
Textbook
Author
William J. Baker
Book Series
Sport and Society Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
18.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
88-018838
Dewey Edition
19
Reviews
"A complete sports history from Paleolithic times to the present. . . . Eye-opening are the chapters on the Middle Ages. . . . But there's something revealing on almost every page of this fine effort." -- Publisher's Weekly
Dewey Decimal
796/.09
Edition Description
Revised edition
Synopsis
''A complete sports history from Paleolithic times to the present. . . . Eye opening are the chapters on the Middle Ages. . . . But there's something revealing on almost every page of this fine effort.''--Publisher's Weekly ''Lively narrative. . . . [I]ts virtues are rich detail, extended coverage, and a fluid writing style.''--Historian ''Every . . . sporting even, from amateur Olympics to professional media hypes [is] presented in this thorough, well-composed chronicle.''--Best Sellers ''[This] ambitious book examines the impulses behind the games that man has always played. . . . Entertaining throughout.''--Kliatt ''An elegant book, which examines the rise of competitive sport in Western society from ancient times to the present. . . . The focus is on athletes, sporting patrons, spectators, and opinion makers. . . . Highly recommended.''--Choice, Since the earliest days of the silent era, American filmmakers have been drawn to the visual spectacle of sports and their compelling narratives of conflict, triumph, and individual achievement. In Contesting Identities Aaron Baker examines how these cinematic representations of sports and athletes have evolved over time--from The Pinch Hitter and Buster Keaton's College to White Men Can't Jump , Jerry Maguire , and Girlfight . He focuses on how identities have been constructed and transcended in American society since the early twentieth century. Whether depicting team or individual sports, these films return to that most American of themes, the master narrative of self-reliance. Baker shows that even as sports films tackle socially constructed identities like class, race, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender, they ultimately underscore transcendence of these identities through self-reliance. Looking at films from almost every sporting genre--with a particular focus on movies about boxing, baseball, basketball, and football-- Contesting Identities maps the complex cultural landscape depicted in American sports films and the ways in which stories about "subaltern" groups winning acceptance by the mainstream majority can serve to reinforce the values of that majority. In addition to discussing the genre's recurring dramatic tropes, from the populist prizefighter to the hot-headed rebel to the "manly" female athlete, Baker also looks at the social and cinematic impacts of real-life sports figures from Jackie Robinson and Babe Didrikson Zaharias to Muhammad Ali and Michael Jordan., "Human beings cannot live by bread alone. They dream and they strive. Not merely for warmth do they take fire from the altar of the gods; curiosity is their glory and their pain. They climb mountains, cross uncharted seas, and explore outer space for reasons other than material benefit. They thrive on challenges. Seekers of laurel, they especially measure themselves in competition with fellow humans. Where there is no contest, they create one. From deep within, and from millennia past, comes the impulse for athletic competition. This book is about the history of competitive sports in the Western world--from ancient religious ritual and simple tribal contests to highly organized modern spectacles."--From the introduction, ''A complete sports history from Paleolithic times to the present. . . . Eye opening are the chapters on the Middle Ages. . . . But there's something revealing on almost every page of this fine effort.''--Publisher's Weekly ''Lively narrative. . . . [I]ts virtues are rich detail, extended coverage, and a fluid writing style.''--Historian ''Every . ......
LC Classification Number
GV571.B25 1988

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