Baseball and rhetorics of purity [[electronic resource] ] : the national pastime and American identity during the war on terror / / Michael L. Butterworth |
Autore | Butterworth Michael L |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.4/83 |
Collana | Rhetoric, culture, and social critique |
Soggetto topico |
Baseball - Social aspects - United States
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8173-8397-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction: Rhetoric and the American Game; 1. Ritual in the "Church of Baseball": Performing Patriotism at the Ballpark; 2. "Baseball as America": Nostalgia and Public Memory through the National Pastime; 3. Purifying the Body Politic: Steroids and the Rhetorical Cleansing of Baseball; 4. Headed for Home: Bringing Baseball Back to the Nation's Capital; 5. Making the World Safe for Baseball: American Mission and the World Baseball Classic; Conclusion: Reconstituting the National Pastime; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464143503321 |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2010 | ||
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Baseball and rhetorics of purity [[electronic resource] ] : the national pastime and American identity during the war on terror / / Michael L. Butterworth |
Autore | Butterworth Michael L |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.4/83 |
Collana | Rhetoric, culture, and social critique |
Soggetto topico |
Baseball - Social aspects - United States
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 |
ISBN | 0-8173-8397-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction: Rhetoric and the American Game; 1. Ritual in the "Church of Baseball": Performing Patriotism at the Ballpark; 2. "Baseball as America": Nostalgia and Public Memory through the National Pastime; 3. Purifying the Body Politic: Steroids and the Rhetorical Cleansing of Baseball; 4. Headed for Home: Bringing Baseball Back to the Nation's Capital; 5. Making the World Safe for Baseball: American Mission and the World Baseball Classic; Conclusion: Reconstituting the National Pastime; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788372703321 |
Butterworth Michael L
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2010 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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