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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155271303321

Autore

Bain-Selbo Eric

Titolo

Violence in Southern Sport and Culture : Sacred Battles on the Gridiron / / by Eric Bain-Selbo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

9783319500591

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 53 p.)

Collana

Briefs in Religion and Sport, , 2510-5051

Disciplina

306.6

Soggetti

Religion and sociology

Secularism

Sociology of Religion

Religion and Society

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Pregame -- Kick Off -- Chapter 1. Theoretical Approaches to Religious Violence -- Chapter 2. Violence and American Football -- Chapter 3. College Football in the American South -- Chapter 4. Conclusions -- Appendices. .

Sommario/riassunto

This book discusses violence and its connection with religion, sport and popular culture. It highlights the religious dimensions of violence and the role of violence in the religion and culture of the American South. Extending into popular culture, it then makes the case that sport—particularly American football—is a cultural phenomenon in the South with close ties with religion and violence, and that American football has come to play a central role in the civil religion of the South, fueled in part by its violent nature. The book concludes by drawing important lessons from this case study—lessons that help us to see both religion and sport in a new light. .