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Understanding American Sports

Understanding American Sports

Author: Gerald R. Gems

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781134067589

Category: Social Science

Page: 456

View: 763

Since the nineteenth century the USA has served as an international model for business, lifestyle and sporting success. Yet whilst the language of sport seems to be universal, American sports culture remains highly distinctive. Why is this so? How should we understand American sport? What can we learn about America by analyzing its sports culture? Understanding American Sports offers discussion and critical analysis of the everyday sporting and leisure activities of ‘ordinary’ Americans as well as the ‘big three’ (football, baseball, basketball), and elite sports heroes. Throughout the book, the development of American sport is linked to political, social, gender and economic issues, as well as the orientations and cultures of the multilayered American society with its manifold regional, ethnic, social, and gendered diversities. Topics covered include: American college sports the influence of immigrant populations the unique status of American football the emergence of women’s sport in the USA With co-authors from either side of the Atlantic, Understanding American Sports uses both the outsider’s perspective and that of the insider to explain American sports culture. With its extensive use of examples and illustrations, this is an engrossing and informative resource for all students of sports studies and American culture.
Understanding American Sports
Language: en
Pages: 456

Understanding American Sports

Authors: Gerald R. Gems, Gertrud Pfister
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-09-10 - Publisher: Routledge

Since the nineteenth century the USA has served as an international model for business, lifestyle and sporting success. Yet whilst the language of sport seems to be universal, American sports culture remains highly distinctive. Why is this so? How should we understand American sport? What can we learn about America
Understanding American Sports
Language: en
Pages: 451

Understanding American Sports

Authors: Gerald R. Gems, Gertrud Pfister
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-09-10 - Publisher: Routledge

Co-authored by two of the world's foremost experts on sports culture, one American and one European, this book draws on both the outsider's perspective and that of the insider to explain American sports culture. With extensive use of examples and illustrations, the development of American sport from the 19 th
Understanding American Icons
Language: en
Pages: 185

Understanding American Icons

Authors: Arthur Asa Berger
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-06-16 - Publisher: Routledge

This brief, student-friendly introduction to the study of semiotics uses examples from 25 iconic locations in the United States. From Coney Island to Las Vegas, the World Trade Center to the Grand Canyon, Berger shows how semiotics offers a different lens in understanding locations taken for granted in American culture.
American History Through American Sports
Language: en
Pages: 1038

American History Through American Sports

Authors: Danielle Sarver Coombs, Bob Batchelor
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013 - Publisher: ABC-CLIO

Filled with insightful analysis and compelling arguments, this book considers the influence of sports on popular culture and spotlights the fascinating ways in which sports culture and American culture intersect. This collection blends historical and popular culture perspectives in its analysis of the development of sports and sports figures throughout
A Companion to American Sport History
Language: en
Pages: 704

A Companion to American Sport History

Authors: Steven A. Riess
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-03-26 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

A Companion to American Sport History presents acollection of original essays that represent the firstcomprehensive analysis of scholarship relating to the growing fieldof American sport history. Presents the first complete analysis of the scholarshiprelating to the academic history of American sport Features contributions from many of the finest scholars workingin

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