The passion of Tiger Woods : an anthropologist reports on golf, race, and celebrity scandal /

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This book examines the career of Tiger Woods, from child star to global sports celebrity. Starn shows that while the scandal following the revelation of Tiger's infidelities was like many similar media-generated scandals of recent years, by examining the way Woods was seen afterwards, we can le...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Starn, Orin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2011.
Series:e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Subjects:
Woods, Tiger.
Golfers > United States > Biography.
Sex scandals > United States.
Golfeurs > États-Unis > Biographies.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Golf.
Golfers.
Sex scandals.
United States.
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Golf backwards spells "flog"
  • The Tiger Woods revolution
  • Tigergate, celebrity scandal, and the apology society
  • Internet wars, sex addiction, and the crucifixion of Tiger Woods
  • Postracial fantasies, racial realpolitik
  • Tiger's penis
  • Out of the woods?

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