The baseball film : a cultural and transmedia history /

"The Baseball Film: A Cultural and Transmedia History looks at how the American pastime has been represented in film, on television and more recently by digital media. While baseball has often been regarded as embodying the values needed to achieve upward mobility and success, some media narrat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baker, Aaron (Autor)
Formato: eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2022]
Colección:Screening Sports Ser.
Temas:
Baseball films > United States > History and criticism.
Baseball > Social aspects > United States.
Baseball in motion pictures.
National characteristics, American, in motion pictures.
Films de base-ball > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Base-ball > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Base-ball au cinéma.
Américains au cinéma.
PERFORMING ARTS / General.
Baseball films
Baseball in motion pictures
Baseball > Social aspects
National characteristics, American, in motion pictures
United States
America, film, sports, recreation, media studies, communications, baseball, television, game, upward mobility, success, American Dream, 1920s, masculinity, white masculinity, diversity, media representation, adolescence, childhood, pastime.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: The Baseball Film--Nostalgia and Innovation
  • 1. Hollywood Baseball Films: Nostalgic White Masculinity or the National Pastime?
  • 2. The Business of Baseball
  • 3. Screening Who Gets to Play
  • 4. The Glocalized Game
  • 5. Fanball
  • 6. Learning the Game
  • Conclusion: The Show for the Thinking Fan and Going Online
  • List of Baseball Films and Television Shows
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author

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