| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 189 pages) |
| Contents |
"A few brief moments": truth and image in sports documentaries / Cynthia Fuchs -- The wrestling road diaries: the crossroads of bourgeois and popular aesthetics / Shane Toepfer -- Murderball: hyper-capitalism and the ethics of narrative forms in life writing / Soumitra Ghosh -- History and performance in Spike's sports docs: Jim Brown: All-American and Kobe doin' work / Zachary Ingle -- Senna: stylistic and technological developments in documentary filmmaking / Patrick Terry -- "The best storyteller of them all": constructions of masculinity and authenticity in Wrestling with shadows and Beyond the mat / Dan Ward -- Manhood in a bottle: truth and image in sports documentaries / Sanjukta Ghosh -- Out and proud: the brave new world of gay, lesbian, and transsexual sports documentaries / Sarah Boslaugh -- Battle gaming: documentaries, social media, and sports on the margins / Jeffrey A. Sartain -- Role models and regular people: cultures of hegemony in the world of Murderball / Matthew A. McNiece -- The death of Kayfabe: looking behind the curtain in Wrestling with shadows / Keith Corson |
| Summary |
In Gender and Genre in Sports Documentaries, editors Zachary Ingle and David Sutera have assembled a collection of essays that look at the various aspects of sports documentaries. Some of the essays examine questions of gender and sexuality, specifically how masculinity and homosexuality are represented in sports documentaries. Other chapters focus on the characteristics of the sports documentary, exploring how aspects of aesthetics and narrative shape the form. Besides chapters on basketball, football, baseball, boxing |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Includes filmography |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Documentary films -- History and criticism
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Sports in motion pictures.
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Sex role in motion pictures.
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GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
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Documentary films.
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Sex role in motion pictures.
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Sports in motion pictures.
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Sportfilm
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Dokumentarfilm
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ingle, Zachary
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Sutera, David M., 1967-
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| LC no. |
2021679436 |
| ISBN |
9780810887886 |
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0810887886 |
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9781299252318 |
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1299252311 |
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