Robert Lipsyte

Sportsworld: An American Dreamland

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Tough and witty, SportsWorld is a well-known commentator's overview of the most significant form of mass culture in America - sports. In the America of 2017 - where the SuperBowl is worth billions, athletes are penalized or forced out of sports for political and anti-racist activism, and Title IX is constantly undermined - Robert Lipsyte's 1975 critique remains startlingly and intensely relevant.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Revised
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Altersempfehlung: ab 16 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 197mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 404g
• ISBN-13: 9780813593197
• ISBN-10: 0813593190
• Artikelnr.: 50853894

Autorenporträt

ROBERT LIPSYTE is an award-winning sportswriter for The New York Times and was the Emmy-winning host of the public affairs show The Eleventh Hour. He is the author of a number of acclaimed novels for young adults, and is the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring his lifetime contribution in that genre.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction to the 2017 Edition
Introduction to the Original Edition  
Chapter 1. Welcome to SportsWorld
Chapter 2. Please Rise for Our National Pastime      
Chapter 3. Sport of the Sixties: Instant Replay ... Replay ... Replay
...         
Chapter 4. The Heavyweight Crown Prince of the World    
Chapter 5. Sport of the Seventies: Sly, Midnight Moves      
Chapter 6. The Rack Page     
Chapter 7. The Body Biz       
Chapter 8. Designated Heroes, Ranking Gods, All-Star Holy Persons         
Chapter 9. The Last American Dream           
Index