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Contesting Identities: SPORTS IN AMERICAN FILM
Aaron Baker
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Description for Contesting Identities: SPORTS IN AMERICAN FILM
Paperback. Shows that sports films tackle socially constructed identities such as class, race, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender. In addition to discussing the genre's recurring dramatic tropes, this book 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. Num Pages: 176 pages, 8 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
The changing face of sport and athletes in cinematic representations
The changing face of sport and athletes in cinematic representations
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252073540
SKU
V9780252073540
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99-1
About Aaron Baker
Aaron Baker is director of graduate studies for the Humanities Program at Arizona State University. He is the editor of Out of Bounds: Sports, Media, and the Politics of Identity.
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