| Description |
xxi, 399 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations |
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SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations.
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| Contents |
Pt. I. Postmodern Sports Writing and the Transgression of Boundaries. 1. Postmodernism and the Possibilities for Writing "Vital" Sports Texts / Toni Bruce. 2. "How Do You Warm-Up for a Stretch Class?": Sub/In/Di/verting Hegemonic Shoves Toward Sport / Nate Kohn and Synthia Sydnor. 3. Born-Again Sport: Ethics in Biographical Research / Robert Rinehart -- Pt. II. Sport and the Postmodern (De)construction of Gender. 4. Representing Black Masculinity and Urban Possibilities: Racism, Realism, and Hoop Dreams /Cheryl L. Cole and Samantha King. 5. Lesbians and Locker Rooms: The Subjective Experiences of Lesbians in Sport / Caroline Fusco. 6. Colonizing the Feminine: Nike's Intersections of Postfeminism and Hyperconsumption / Melisse R. Lafrance -- Pt. III. Virtual Sport, Representation, and the Postmodern Mediascape. 7. Seismography of the Postmodern Condition: Three Theses on the Implosion of Sport /Genevieve Rail |
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8. Sex, Lies, and Videotape: The Political and Cultural Economies of Celebrity Fitness Videos /Margaret MacNeill. 9. Excavating Michael Jordan: Notes on a Critical Pedagogy of Sporting Representation /David Andrews. 10. Baudrillard, "Amerique," and the Hyperreal World Cup / Steve Redhead -- Pt. IV. Sport and Postmodern Body Invaders. 11. Instrumental Rationalization of Human Movement: An Archeological Approach / Jacques Gleyse |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Sports -- Sociological aspects.
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Physical education and training -- Social aspects.
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| Author |
Rail, Geneviève, 1958-
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| LC no. |
97050231 |
| ISBN |
0791439259 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0791439267 PB alkaline paper |
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