More than Cricket and Football : International Sport and the Challenge of Celebrity /

A passport to the many nations, sports stars, and sports across the globe.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Smith, Maureen Margaret, 1967- (Editor ), Rosen, Joel Nathan, 1961- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sports in popular culture.
Sports and globalization.
Fame > Social aspects.
Athletes > Public opinion.
Athletes.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Sports.
Sports dans la culture populaire > Études de cas.
Sports et mondialisation > Études de cas.
Athletes > Biography.
Fame > Social aspects > Case studies.
Athletes > Public opinion > Case studies.
Sports in popular culture > Case studies.
Sports and globalization > Case studies.
Biographies.
Case studies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword : international sport in Context / Roberta J. Park
  • Introduction : drawing a new map of the world in sport / Joel Nathan Rosen and Maureen M. Smith
  • Suzanne Lenglen : liberated woman, French revolutionary, or both? / Nancy E. Spencer
  • Valentino Rossi : a uniquely British look at an Italian motorsport legend / Sean Bell
  • Andy Murray : savior from outside the margins / Lisa Doris Alexander and Dan Travis
  • The interaction of personal, local, and global forces : Yao Ming's rise and sustained influence in Chinese sport / Dong Jinxia, Zhong Yijing, and Li Luyang
  • Duke Kahanamoku : racialized colonization and the exoticization of aquatic royalty / Joel S. Franks
  • Chad Rowan : ritual, religion, and one American's pitch-perfect performance inside Japan's Hall of National Sport / Mark Panek
  • From out of the shadows of invisibility : Brazilian women's football and the pioneering figure of Marta / Claudia Samuel Kessler and Silvana Vilodre Goellner
  • The many faces of Samuel Eto?o Fils : (re)solving an irascible persona / Benn L. Bongang
  • Murali and Sanga : forging identity and pride through cricket in a small island nation / Gamage Harsha Perera and Tim B. Swartz
  • Grete Waitz : the art of hurrying slowly / Theresa Walton-Fisette
  • Rodney Marsh : the making of a maverick footballer / Dominic Standish
  • Ayrton Senna : the legacy of a global racing icon / Viral Shah
  • Katarina Witt : the many faces of a showcase athlete / Annette R. Hofmann
  • Afterword : the wide worlds of sport text / Jack Lule.

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