How Postmodernism Explains Football and Football Explains Postmodernism
The Billy Clyde Conundrum
Published on 14. January 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
143 pages
978-1-349-56296-1 (ISBN)
Description
American football and postmodernist theory are both objects of popular and scholarly interest that reveal remarkable sociological insights. Analysis of media-driven commercial football documents how narratives of sportsmanship/brutality, heroism/antiheroism, athleticism/self-indulgence, honor/chicanery, and chivalry/sexism compete and thrive.
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Edition
2015 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-349-56296-1 (9781349562961)
DOI
10.1057/9781137534071
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How Postmodernism Explains Football and Football Explains Postmodernism: The Billy Clyde Conundrum
The Billy Clyde Conundrum
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Content
1. Introduction - Why This Game, Why This Story
2. America Meets Football, and Football Meets Frank Merriwell
3. Time Runs Out on the Wholesome Warrior
4. Center Stage for Billy Clyde
5. Scenes from the Conundrum in Motion
6. A Postmodernist Theory of Football
7. Life in the Hyper-Mediated Marketplace of Football Narratives
8. A Merriwellean Billy Clyde from a Postmodern Beer a Minute
9. Two-Tiered Gender System Encounters Emotion Work
10. Conclusion - Football, Postmodernism, and Us
2. America Meets Football, and Football Meets Frank Merriwell
3. Time Runs Out on the Wholesome Warrior
4. Center Stage for Billy Clyde
5. Scenes from the Conundrum in Motion
6. A Postmodernist Theory of Football
7. Life in the Hyper-Mediated Marketplace of Football Narratives
8. A Merriwellean Billy Clyde from a Postmodern Beer a Minute
9. Two-Tiered Gender System Encounters Emotion Work
10. Conclusion - Football, Postmodernism, and Us