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Baseball and rhetorics of purity : the national pastime and American identity during the war on terror /
Baseball has long been considered America's "national pastime," touted variously as a healthy diversion, a symbol of national unity, and a model of democratic inclusion. But, according to Michael Butterworth, such favorable rhetoric belies baseball's complicity in the rhetorical...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
©2010.
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| Colección: | Rhetoric, culture, and social critique.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Rhetoric and the American game
- Ritual in the "church of baseball" : performing patriotism at the ballpark
- "Baseball as America" : nostalgia and public memory through the national pastime
- Purifying the body politic : steroids and the rhetorical cleansing of baseball
- Headed for home : bringing baseball back to the nation's capital
- Making the world safe for baseball : American mission and the World Baseball Classic
- Conclusion: Reconstituting the national pastime.