How Postmodernism Explains Football and Football Explains Postmodernism: The Billy Clyde Conundrum
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Marriage & Family, Sports, Reference
| Author: | Robert Kerr | ISBN: | 9781137534071 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | February 5, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Pivot | Language: | English |
| Author: | Robert Kerr |
| ISBN: | 9781137534071 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication: | February 5, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Pivot |
| Language: | English |
American football and postmodernist theory are both objects of popular and scholarly interest that reveal remarkable sociological insights. Analysis of media-driven commercial football documents how narratives of sportsmanship/brutality, heroism/antiheroism, athleticism/self-indulgence, honor/chicanery, and chivalry/sexism compete and thrive.
American football and postmodernist theory are both objects of popular and scholarly interest that reveal remarkable sociological insights. Analysis of media-driven commercial football documents how narratives of sportsmanship/brutality, heroism/antiheroism, athleticism/self-indulgence, honor/chicanery, and chivalry/sexism compete and thrive.
