More than cricket and football : international sport and the challenge of celebrity / / edited by Joel Nathan Rosen and Maureen M. Smith |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Jackson : , : University Press of Mississippi, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (349 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 796 |
Collana | Mississippi scholarship online |
Soggetto topico |
Sports and globalization
Sports in popular culture Athletes - Public opinion Fame - Social aspects Athletes |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4968-0992-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword : international sport in Context / Roberta J. Park -- Introduction : drawing a new map of the world in sport / Joel Nathan Rosen and Maureen M. Smith -- Suzanne Lenglen : liberated woman, French revolutionary, or both? / Nancy E. Spencer -- Valentino Rossi : a uniquely British look at an Italian motorsport legend / Sean Bell -- Andy Murray : savior from outside the margins / Lisa Doris Alexander and Dan Travis -- The interaction of personal, local, and global forces : Yao Ming's rise and sustained influence in Chinese sport / Dong Jinxia, Zhong Yijing, and Li Luyang -- Duke Kahanamoku : racialized colonization and the exoticization of aquatic royalty / Joel S. Franks -- Chad Rowan : ritual, religion, and one American's pitch-perfect performance inside Japan's Hall of National Sport / Mark Panek -- From out of the shadows of invisibility : Brazilian women's football and the pioneering figure of Marta / Claudia Samuel Kessler and Silvana Vilodre Goellner -- The many faces of Samuel Eto?o Fils : (re)solving an irascible persona / Benn L. Bongang -- Murali and Sanga : forging identity and pride through cricket in a small island nation / Gamage Harsha Perera and Tim B. Swartz -- Grete Waitz : the art of hurrying slowly / Theresa Walton-Fisette -- Rodney Marsh : the making of a maverick footballer / Dominic Standish -- Ayrton Senna : the legacy of a global racing icon / Viral Shah -- Katarina Witt : the many faces of a showcase athlete / Annette R. Hofmann -- Afterword : the wide worlds of sport text / Jack Lule. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910151719103321 |
Jackson : , : University Press of Mississippi, , 2019 | ||
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Repairing the athlete's image [[electronic resource] ] : studies in sports image restoration / / edited by Joseph R. Blaney, Lance Lippert, and J. Scott Smith |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (425 p.) |
Disciplina | 659.2/9796 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BlaneyJoseph R
LippertLance R SmithJ. Scott |
Soggetto topico |
Sports - Public relations
Sports - Public opinion Sports in popular culture |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-7391-3899-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Drugs -- 2. Marital infidelity and sexual misconduct -- 3. Social deviance and integrity -- 4. On-field actions -- 5. The organizational turn -- 6. Research in brief. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452201403321 |
Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2013 | ||
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Repairing the athlete's image [[electronic resource] ] : studies in sports image restoration / / edited by Joseph R. Blaney, Lance Lippert, and J. Scott Smith |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (425 p.) |
Disciplina | 659.2/9796 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BlaneyJoseph R
LippertLance R SmithJ. Scott |
Soggetto topico |
Sports - Public relations
Sports - Public opinion Sports in popular culture |
ISBN | 0-7391-3899-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Drugs -- 2. Marital infidelity and sexual misconduct -- 3. Social deviance and integrity -- 4. On-field actions -- 5. The organizational turn -- 6. Research in brief. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779719803321 |
Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2013 | ||
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Repairing the athlete's image : studies in sports image restoration / / edited by Joseph R. Blaney, Lance Lippert, and J. Scott Smith |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (425 p.) |
Disciplina | 659.2/9796 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BlaneyJoseph R
LippertLance R SmithJ. Scott |
Soggetto topico |
Sports - Public relations
Sports - Public opinion Sports in popular culture |
ISBN | 0-7391-3899-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Drugs -- 2. Marital infidelity and sexual misconduct -- 3. Social deviance and integrity -- 4. On-field actions -- 5. The organizational turn -- 6. Research in brief. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818347903321 |
Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2013 | ||
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