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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819000003321

Titolo

Gender and genre in sports documentaries : critical essays / / edited by Zachary Ingle and David M. Sutera

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Scarecrow Press, Inc., c2013

ISBN

1-299-25231-1

0-8108-8788-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

IngleZachary

SuteraDavid M. <1967->

Disciplina

796

Soggetti

Sports in motion pictures

Sex role in motion pictures

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, filmography (p. 161-178), and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1: Aesthetic Approaches; 1 "A Few Brief Moments"; 2 The Wrestling Road Diaries; 3 Murderball; 4 History and Performance in Spike's Sports Docs; 5 Senna; Part 2: Gender and Sexuality; 6 "The Best Storyteller of Them All"; 7 Manhood in a Bottle; 8 Out and Proud; Part 3: Sports on the Margins; 9 Battle Gaming; 10 Role Models and Regular People; 11 The Death of Kayfabe; Filmography; Index; About the Editors; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

In Gender and Genre in Sports Documentaries, editors Zachary Ingle and David Sutera have assembled a collection of essays that look at the various aspects of sports documentaries. Some of the essays examine questions of gender and sexuality, specifically how masculinity and homosexuality are represented in sports documentaries. Other chapters focus on the characteristics of the sports documentary, exploring how aspects of aesthetics and narrative shape the form. Besides chapters on basketball, football, baseball, boxing,