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Sport and memory in North America / editor, Stephen G. Wieting.

Other author/creatorWieting, Stephen G.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoLondon ; Portland, OR : F. Cass, 2001.
Descriptionxii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Sport in the global society
Sport in the global society. ^A512606
Contents Cultural identity, law, and baseball / Sarah K. Fields -- Pride and prejudice: reflecting on sport heroes, national identity, and crisis in Canada / Steven J. Jackson and Pam Ponic -- Remembering the black and gold: African Americans, sport memory, and the University of Iowa / David R. McMahon -- Tobacco, health, and the sports metaphor / Michelle McQuistan and Christopher Squier -- Drugs and numbers in the reporting of American sports / Michael A. Katovich -- Curling in Canada / Stephen G. Wieting and Danny Lamoureux -- America's national pastime and Canadian nationalism / Sean Hayes -- Forcing the fairytale: narrative strategies in figure skating competition coverage / Bettina Fabos -- The whole world isn't watching (but we thought they were): the Super Bowl and United States solipsism / Christopher R. Martin and Jimmie L. Reeves -- Epilogue: the future of exchange between local culture and global trends / Stephen G. Wieting and Jody Polumbaum.
General note"This group of studies first appeared as a special issue of Culture, sport, society ... vol. 4, no. 2"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Other title Culture, sport, society.
LCCN 2001028808
ISBN0714652199 (cloth)
ISBN0714682055 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks GV706.5 .S6942 2001 ✔ Available Place Hold