Sporting lives metaphor and myth in American sports autobiographies /
"Examines autobiographies by athletes such as Wilt Chamberlain, Babe Ruth, Martina Navratilova, and Dennis Rodman, and analyzes common themes and recurring patterns in the accounts of their lives and sporting experiences"--Provided by publisher.
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Columbia :
University of Missouri Press,
c2008.
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| Schriftenreihe: | Sports and American culture series.
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| Online-Zugang: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- "The echoing green"
- Body songs
- Magic : the performing body
- The end of autumn
- "Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue" : Dennis Rodman and the contemporary athlete as postmodern celebrity.