02282nam 2200601 a 450 991045432660332120200520144314.00-8262-6641-X(CKB)1000000000721456(OCoLC)646798619(CaPaEBR)ebrary10277765(SSID)ssj0000250096(PQKBManifestationID)11200683(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000250096(PQKBWorkID)10231486(PQKB)10582056(MiAaPQ)EBC3570999(Au-PeEL)EBL3570999(CaPaEBR)ebr10277765(EXLCZ)99100000000072145620071019d2008 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrSporting lives[electronic resource] metaphor and myth in American sports autobiographies /James W. PipkinColumbia University of Missouri Pressc20081 online resource (174 p.) Sports and American culture seriesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8262-1779-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-155) and index."The echoing green" -- Body songs -- Magic : the performing body -- The end of autumn -- "Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue" : Dennis Rodman and the contemporary athlete as postmodern celebrity."Examines autobiographies by athletes such as Wilt Chamberlain, Babe Ruth, Martina Navratilova, and Dennis Rodman, and analyzes common themes and recurring patterns in the accounts of their lives and sporting experiences"--Provided by publisher.Sports and American culture series.AthletesUnited StatesBiographyAutobiographiesUnited StatesSportsUnited StatesBiographyElectronic books.AthletesAutobiographiesSports796.092/273BPipkin James W.1944-918286MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454326603321Sporting lives2058938UNINA