Sporting lives [electronic resource] : metaphor and myth in American sports autobiographies / James W. Pipkin.
2008
GV697.A1 P475 2008eb
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Title
Sporting lives [electronic resource] : metaphor and myth in American sports autobiographies / James W. Pipkin.
Author
Pipkin, James W., 1944-
ISBN
9780826217790 (alk. paper)
0826217796 (alk. paper)
0826217796 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2008.
Language
English
Description
ix, 161 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
GV697.A1 P475 2008eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
796.092/273 B
Summary
"Examines autobiographies by athletes such as Wilt Chamberlain, Babe Ruth, Martina Navratilova, and Dennis Rodman, and analyzes common themes and recurring patterns in the accounts of their lives and sporting experiences"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-155) and index.
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Series
Sports and American culture series.
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Table of Contents
"The echoing green"
Body songs
Magic : the performing body
The end of autumn
"Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue" : Dennis Rodman and the contemporary athlete as postmodern celebrity.
Body songs
Magic : the performing body
The end of autumn
"Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue" : Dennis Rodman and the contemporary athlete as postmodern celebrity.