LEADER 03672oam 22005894a 450 001 9910795194403321 005 20180426030005.0 010 $a0-252-05037-1 035 $a(CKB)4340000000266400 035 $a(OCoLC)1032375725 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse65307 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5354166 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001884302 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000266400 100 $a20171208d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPigskin Nation$b[electronic resource] $eHow the NFL Remade American Politics /$fJesse Berrett 210 $aurbana $cUniversity of Illinois Press$d2018 215 $a1 online resource 225 0 $aSport and society 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2018. 311 $a0-252-08332-6 311 $a0-252-04170-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [257]-275) and index. 330 $a"When we think about "the '60s," most of us know where the era's major confrontations took place--outside the Pentagon, on college campuses, in the streets of Chicago. Not on the sidelines of a football field. Yet football was the sport of the decade. What did it say that Americans craved regular doses of televised but rule-bound mayhem at the same time that real violence involving Americans roughly the same age was taking place half a world away? The game's militaristic aura suggests a simple story: brutish, crewcut traditionalism opposing itself to the gentle, peace-loving vibe of hippie protestors. Whatever your political perspective, the NFL tried to convince you that you could enjoy the game. Pigskin Nation argues that we can better understand the decade's political battles by paying attention to these collisions between football and many different people's visions of America. The NFL's attempts to define football to America at large produced a sports-entertainment complex that helped define "the new politics." In a society where Americans across the political spectrum were busily "politicizing" things, the NFL itself, players, coaches, and fans--some as prominent as the President and Vice-President--leveraged the game's political implications to shape a post-'60s language built on spectacle. Politics and sports and celebrity and news all became part of a grander cycle focused less on traditional party loyalties and more on presentation, television, and style. Pigskin Nation tells the story of how the spectacle of football made its way into politics and culture and created a new template for the future"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aSport and society. 606 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National$2bisacsh 606 $aHISTORY / United States / 20th Century$2bisacsh 606 $aSPORTS & RECREATION / Football$2bisacsh 606 $aPolitical culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aFootball$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 606 $aFootball$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 7$aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National. 615 7$aHISTORY / United States / 20th Century. 615 7$aSPORTS & RECREATION / Football. 615 0$aPolitical culture$xHistory 615 0$aFootball$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aFootball$xHistory 676 $a796.332/64 686 $aSPO015000$aHIS036060$aPOL030000$2bisacsh 700 $aBerrett$b Jesse Isaac$01477211 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910795194403321 996 $aPigskin Nation$93692288 997 $aUNINA