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Author:   Barry Brummett (University of Texas at Austin) ,  Andrew Ishak (University of Texas at Austin)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780415711913

ISBN 10:   0415711916
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   09 December 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Sport and Race: Chapter 1 Brawn, Brains, and the Dearth of Black NFL Quarterbacks Chapter 2 Cullen Jones is my Friend!: Increasing Diversity in Swimming Through Parasocial Relationships on Facebook Chapter 3 LeBron James as Cybercolonized Spectacle: A Critical Race Reading of Whiteness in Sport Chapter 4 Jackie Robinson, Civic Republicanism, and Black Political Culture Chapter 5 ""Grit and Graciousness"": Sport, Rhetoric, and Race in Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential Campaign Sport and Gender: Chapter 6 Female Ballplayers as Feminine Tomboys and Citizens: A Progressive Concordance in American Culture Chapter 7 Constructing Replay, Consuming Bodies: Sport Media and the Neoliberal Citizen Chapter 8 "". . . dreams include pregnant bellies or being passed around the frat house"": Investigating Heteronormativity in Sport Sport and Image Management: Chapter 9 Managing Ideologies and Identities: Reporting the Penn State Scandal Chapter 10 Just Warming Up: Logan Morrison, Twitter, Athlete Identity, and Building the Brand Chapter 11 ""Where My Falcons At?"": The Stroh Center Rap and Representation of Organizational Identities in College Sports Sport Mediation and Simulation: Chapter 12 Biopolitics, Algorithms, Identity: Electronic Arts and the Sports Gamer Chapter 13 Family (Sports) Television: Exploring Cultural Power, Domestic Leisure, and Fandom in the Modern Context Chapter 14 Put Me In Boss: Ideological Fantasies in Cultural Discourse of Fantasy Football"

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Barry Brummett is Chair of the department and Charles Sapp Centennial Professor in Communication at the University of Texas-Austin. Dr. Brummett's research interests turned early to the theories of Kenneth Burke and to epistemology and rhetoric. He is the author or coauthor of numerous scholarly essays and chapters. Andrew Ishak completed his doctorate at the University of Texas at Austin before coming to Santa Clara University in 2012. Dr. Ishak has presented work on varied sports topics such as ethics in the B.C.S., goal-setting in women’s rugby, Burkean tropes and Michael Jordan, sports metaphors in the workplace, and social media use of athletes.

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