05030oam 2200793I 450 991097083420332120250417191514.09781135427214113542721697813150441251315044129978078902526507890252649781135427146113542714310.4324/9781315044125(CKB)2550000001128530(SSID)ssj0001158523(PQKBManifestationID)11667206(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001158523(PQKBWorkID)11101791(PQKB)10024394(MiAaPQ)EBC1461057(Au-PeEL)EBL1461057(CaPaEBR)ebr10781108(CaONFJC)MIL529164(OCoLC)862048899(OCoLC)900483310(OCoLC)908072335(FINmELB)ELB133084(EXLCZ)99255000000112853020180706d2005 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrFootball and American identity /Gerhard Falk1st ed.New York :Routledge,2005.1 online resource (290 pages)Contemporary sports issuesReprint. Originally published in 2005 by Haworth Press.9780789025272 0789025272 9781299979130 1299979130 Includes bibliographical references and index.ch. 1. The school and American football -- ch. 2. College football : the professionals minor league -- ch. 3. Football as a profession -- ch. 4. Football and social stratification -- ch. 5. They also serve -- ch. 6. Fanatics -- ch. 7. Football and the media -- ch. 8. The football business -- ch. 9. Crime and American football -- ch. 10. The national football league.Learn the value of football to American society No sport reflects the American value system like football. Visitors to the United States need only watch a game or two to learn all they need to know about the American way of life and the beliefs, attitudes, and concerns of American society. Football and American Identity examines the social conditions and cultural implications found in the football subculture, represented by core values such as competition, conflict, diversity, power, economic success, fair play, liberty, and patriotism. This unique book goes beyond the standard fare on football strategy and history, or the biographies of famous players and coaches, to analyze the reasons why the game is the essence of the American spirit. Author Gerhard Falk, Professor of Sociology at the State University College of New York at Buffalo, examines football as a game, as a business, and as a reflection of the diversity in American life. Football and American Identity also addresses the relationship between football and the media, with much of the game's income generated by advertising and endorsements, and examines the presence of crime in football culture. The book discusses the development of the game—and those involved in it—at the Pop Warner, college, and professional levels, examining the social origin of players, coaches, cheerleaders, and owners. In addition, Football and American Identity analyzes the game's fans and their devotion to “their” teams, examines why Pennsylvania is considered the “mother” of American football, and looks at the National Football League and its commissioners. Football and American Identity examines: how individualism and achievement can lead to mythological status why a person's occupation is the most important indicator of prestige in the United States what the consequences are of earning more in a year than mostAmericans make in a lifetime why equality is vital to the ethnic make-up of American football teams why teamwork is important-in football and in industry how freedom is essential for taking the risks necessary for success and much more!Football and American Identity is an inside look at football as an American cultural phenomenon. Devoted and casual fans of the game, as well as academics working in sociology, will find this unique book interesting, entertaining, and thought-provoking.Contemporary sports issues.FootballSocial aspectsUnited StatesFootball playersUnited StatesSocial conditionsSocial valuesUnited StatesNational characteristics, AmericanFootballSocial aspectsFootball playersSocial conditions.Social valuesNational characteristics, American.290Falk Gerhard1924-,871608MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910970834203321Football and American identity4355690UNINA02012oas 2200793 a 450 991014334580332120251106213014.01361-6447(DE-599)ZDB3115676-9(DE-599)ZDB0305-4470;1361-6447(OCoLC)34482986(CONSER)sn 96036185 (CKB)954925513480(EXLCZ)9995492551348019960328b19752006 sy engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierJournal of physicsAMathematical and general[London?] IOP Pub.©1975-©2006Title from title screen.0305-4470 Mathematical and generalJ. Phys. A : Math. GenPhysicsPeriodicalsMathematical physicsPeriodicalsPhysiquePériodiquesPhysique mathématiquePériodiquesMathematical physicsfast(OCoLC)fst01012104Physicsfast(OCoLC)fst01063025Periodicals.fastPeriodicals.lcgftPhysicsMathematical physicsPhysiquePhysique mathématiqueMathematical physics.Physics.Institute of Physics (Great Britain)IXAIXAEYMUMCOCLOCLCQSBHWAUHNKU9SBUFOCLCQOCLCOOCLCQOCLCAOCLCFOCLCOVT2EUWOCLCQU3WOCLCQOCLCLOCLCQJOURNAL9910143345803321Journal of physics1956126UNINA