Sports Semiotics
Author:   Arthur Asa Berger
Publisher:   Brill
ISBN:  

9789004541344


Pages:   70
Publication Date:   16 March 2023
Format:   Paperback
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Sports Semiotics applies semiotics (and other disciplines, secondarily) to analyse the social, cultural, economic and psychological significance of sports. It includes a primer on semiotic theory, sections on the analysis of wrestling by Roland Barthes in his book Mythologies, as well as sections on football and the sacred, the Super Bowl, and the semiotics of televised baseball.

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Author:   Arthur Asa Berger
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Weight:   0.147kg
ISBN:  

9789004541344


ISBN 10:   9004541349
Pages:   70
Publication Date:   16 March 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Contents List of Figures Abstract Keywords  1 A Primer on Semiotics  2 Roland Barthes on Professional Wrestling  3 Baseball: Threes, Fours, and Exclusions  4 Fenway Park  5 Football and the Sacred  6 The Semiotics of Televised Baseball  7 The Super Bowl  8 Football: Semiotics, Psyche and Society  9 Coda  Acknowledgments  Reference

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Arthur Asa Berger, Ph.D. (1965), University of Minnesota, is Professor Emeritus of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts at San Francisco State University. He is the author of more than 150 articles and 90 books on semiotics, popular culture, media analysis, tourism and humor.

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