Sport Stars : The Cultural Politics of Sporting Celebrity
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0415221196
ISBN-13
9780415221191
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 26th, 2001
Print length
294 Pages
Weight
468 grams
Dimensions
23.40 x 15.90 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification:
Popular culture
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Sport Stars investigates the nature of contemporary sporting celebrity, examining stars' often turbulent relationship with the press, and exploring themes of identity, race, and spectacle.
In a culture obsessed with celebrity, sportmen and women are some of the highest profile figures. We are fascinated by sport stars'' lifestyles, love lives, and earning power. Sport Stars investigates the nature of contemporary sporting celebrity, examining stars'' often turbulent relationships with the media, and with the sporting establishment.
Through a series of case studies of sporting stars, including Diego Maradona, Michael Jordan, Venus Williams and David Beckham, contributors examine the cultural, political, economic and technological forces which combine to produce sporting celebrity, and consider the ways in which these most public of individuals inform and influence private experience.
Through a series of case studies of sporting stars, including Diego Maradona, Michael Jordan, Venus Williams and David Beckham, contributors examine the cultural, political, economic and technological forces which combine to produce sporting celebrity, and consider the ways in which these most public of individuals inform and influence private experience.
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