Sporting Lives : Metaphor and Myth in American Sports Autobiographies /

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"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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pipkin, James W., 1944-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2008.
Series:Sports and American culture series.
Subjects:
Athletes > United States > Biography.
Autobiographies > United States.
Sports > United States > Biography.
Sportifs > États-Unis > Biographies.
Autobiographies > États-Unis.
Sports > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Sports.
Athletes
Autobiographies
Sports
Selbstdarstellung
Sportler
United States
USA
Biographies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "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.

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