Sport and film /
The sports film has become one of commercial cinema's most recognizable genres. From classic boxing films such as Raging Bull (1980) to soccer-themed box-office successes like Bend it Like Beckham (2002), the sports film stands at the interface of two of our most important cultural forms. This...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge,
©2013.
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Édition: | 1st ed. |
Collection: | Frontiers of sport.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- 1. Reading the sport film
- 2. Early cinema and the emergence of the sports film
- 3. The sports film genre
- 4. 'Truths that tell a lie' : race, social class and the American dream in the sports film
- 5. Gender and the sports film
- 6. The sports film, national culture and identity
- 7. Conclusion : 9/11 and the contemporary mainstream sports film.