Record Nr.

UNINA9910451907003321

Autore

Oriard Michael <1948->

Titolo

King Football [[electronic resource] ] : sport and spectacle in the golden age of radio and newsreels, movies and magazines, the weekly & the daily press / / Michael Oriard

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2001

ISBN

0-8078-6403-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (507 p.)

Disciplina

796.332/09/041

Soggetti

Football - History - 20th century

Mass media and sports - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [435]-470) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; The Reign of ''King Football''; Football, the Media, and American Culture; Part I. In the Kingdom of Football; 1. Reading, Watching, & Listening to Football; 2. Local Football; 3. Who Cares about Reform?; 4. Players' or Coaches' Whose Game Is It?; 5. Gridiron, U.S.A.; 6. Sanctioning Savagery; Part II. What We Think About When We Think about Football; 7. Class?; 8. Ethnicity; 9. Race; 10. Masculinity; Epilogue: Into the Age of Television; Appendix A: Football Films, 1920–1960

Appendix B: Football Covers on the Saturday Evening Post and Collier's, 1920–1960 Appendix C: Football Fiction in the Saturday Evening Post and Collier's, 1920–1960; Notes; Notes; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

This work explores the vibrant world of football from the 1920's through the 1950's, a period in which the game became deeply embedded in American life. It reconstructs a media-created world of football and looks at its deep entanglements with a modernizing American society.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991003561709707536

Autore

Ricciardi, G.

Titolo

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