Sean O'Neil

Gebundenes Buch

Spirit and Sport

Religion and the Fragile Athletic Body in Popular Culture

Beschreibung

Studies the intersectionality of religion and disability as it exists within contemporary sports. To do so, Sean OÃ â â Neil calls to the forefront various contemporary stories about trauma and disability, and examines how we tell and interpret these stories within the frameworks of athletic activity, competition, failure, and success.

Autor

SEAN O'NEIL is an affiliated scholar with the Sport and Religion Research Alliance at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He lives in Fort Worth, Texas, where he is also a bishop, pastor, and hospital chaplain. He has written for Religion Dispatches and his articles have appeared in the Encyclopedia of Religion and Film and Identity and Myth in Sports Documentaries: Critical Essays.

Produktdetails

• Sports & Popular Culture
• Verlag: University of Tennessee Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 160mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 504g
• ISBN-13: 9781621907343
• ISBN-10: 1621907341
• Artikelnr.: 64045769