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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Grant Wiedenfeld (Associate Professor of Media and Culture, Associate Professor of Media and Culture, Sam Houston State University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.10cm Weight: 0.553kg ISBN: 9780197624920ISBN 10: 0197624928 Pages: 292 Publication Date: 07 June 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents"Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: America's Civic Screen 2. Rocky (1976): Tenderhearted Community and Racial Moderation in Bicentennial America 3. Slap Shot (1977): Deindustrialization, Goon Masculinity, and Yankee-Doodle-Disco Patriotism 4. The Natural (1984): Farm Crisis and Minority Culture in a New Deal Legend 5. White Men Can't Jump (1992): ""Winning and Losing is One Big Organic Globule"" 6. A League of their Own (1992): Egalitarian Women and Sideline Men 7. Ali (2001): Actions of the People's Champion 8. Conclusion Bibliography Index"ReviewsWiedenfeld has produced a sustained, provocative reestimation of the Hollywood sports movie. From his rediscovery of the progressivism of Rocky's underdog status to his tour-de-force readings of League of their Own and Ali, he strives to think alongside-not against-these films and their politics, rallying with them and their heroes. For Wiedenfeld the sports movie is not merely a genre but a mode of civic participation, and this book amounts to the opening salvo of an Arendtian film criticism. * J.D. Connor, Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies, USC School of Cinematic Arts * Author InformationGrant Wiedenfeld earned a PhD from Yale University in Comparative Literature and Film & Media Studies. He taught courses on sports and cinema in Yale's English Department and Film Studies Program before being hired at Sam Houston State University, where he is currently Associate Professor of Media and Culture. Previous publications include studies of Gustave Flaubert, D.W. Griffith, and André Bazin. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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