David Shields

Body Politic

The Great American Sports Machine

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Produktbeschreibung

One of the most respected voices in the sports writing field presents a collection of essays that use sports as the lens through which to view the American character.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 141mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9780803260320
• ISBN-10: 0803260326
• Artikelnr.: 22800604

Autorenporträt

David Shields is a professor of English at the University of Washington and the author of seven previous books, including Heroes: A Novel and Black Planet: Facing Race during an NBA Season, both available in Bison Books editions. Robert Lipsyte, a longtime sports and city columnist for the New York Times, is the author of sixteen books, including most recently the novel Raiders Night.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction by Robert Lipsyte
The Wound and the Bow: A Long Prologue
On the Need to Connect with Something Larger than Yourself
Fairy Tale of Reinvention and Escape
Words Can't Begin to Describe What I'm Feeling
Heaven Is a Playground
Fandom
History of America, #34
How It Feels to Be a Problem
Myths of Place
A Little Euro Trash-Talk
Being Ichiro
Matsui Among the Americans
Bring the Pain
Being Random Is the Key to Life
42 Tattoos: An Epilogue