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Sport and postmodern times / edited by Geneviève Rail.
| Other author | Rail, Geneviève, 1958- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1998. |
| Description | xxi, 399 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations. ^A323613 |
| Contents | Postmodernism and the possibilities for writing "vital" sports texts / Toni Bruce -- "How do you warm-up for a stretch class?": sub/in/di/verting hegemonic shoves toward sport / Nate Kohn and Synthia Sydnor -- Born-again sport: ethics in biographical research / Robert Rinehart -- Representing black masculinity and urban possibilities: racism, realism, and Hoop dreams / Cheryl L. Cole and Samantha King -- Lesbians and locker rooms: the subjective experiences of lesbians in sport / Caroline Fusco -- Colonizing the feminine: Nike's intersections of postfeminism and hyperconsumption / Mélisse R. Lafrance -- Seismography of the postmodern condition: three theses on the implosion of sport / Geneviève Rail -- Sex, lies, and videotape: the political and cultural economies of celebrity fitness videos / Margaret MacNeill -- Excavating Michael Jordan: notes on a critical pedagogy of sporting representation / David Andrews -- Baudrillard, "Amérique," and the hyperreal World Cup / Steve Redhead -- Instrumental rationalization of human movement: an archeological approach / Jacques Gleyse -- Addiction, exercise, and cyborgs: technologies of deviant bodies / Cheryl L. Cole -- Post-sport: transgressing boundaries in physical culture / Brian Pronger -- In search of the sports bar: masculinity, alcohol, sports, and the mediation of public space / Lawrence A. Wenner -- Rap and dialectical relations: culture, subculture, power, and counter-power / Nancy Midol -- Hassiba Boulmerka and Islamic green: international sports, cultural differences, and their postmodern interpretation / William J. Morgan -- (Ir)relevant ring: the symbolic consumption of the Olympic logo in postmodern media culture / Rob VanWynsberghe and Ian Ritchie. |
| Local note | Little-311116--3051310177960 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 97050231 |
| ISBN | 0791439259 (HC : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0791439267 (PB : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | GV706.5 .S6943 1998 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |