The passion of Tiger Woods [electronic resource] : an anthropologist reports on golf, race, and celebrity scandal / Orin Starn.
2011
GV964.W66 S74 2011eb
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The passion of Tiger Woods [electronic resource] : an anthropologist reports on golf, race, and celebrity scandal / Orin Starn.
Author
Starn, Orin.
ISBN
9780822395195 (electronic book)
0822395193 (electronic book)
9780822351993
0822351994
9780822352105 (paperback)
0822352109 (paperback)
0822395193 (electronic book)
9780822351993
0822351994
9780822352105 (paperback)
0822352109 (paperback)
Publication Details
Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xviii, 140 p.) : ill.
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GV964.W66 S74 2011eb
Summary
Perhaps the best golfer ever, Tiger Woods rocketed to the top of a once whites-only sport. Endorsements made him a global brand and the world's richest athlete. The child of a multiracial marriage, Woods and his blond, blue-eyed wife, Elin Nordegren, seemed to represent a new post-racial America. Then, in late 2009, Woods became embroiled in a sex scandal that made headlines worldwide. In this concise yet far-reaching analysis, Orin Starn brings an anthropologist's perspective to bear on Tigergate. He explores our modern media obsession with celebrity scandals and their tawdry ritualized drama, yet he offers much more than the usual banal moralizing about the rich and famous. Starn explains how Tiger's travails and the culture of golf reflect broader American anxieties - about race and sex, scapegoating and betrayal, and the role of the sports hero. The Passion of Tiger Woods is required reading for all those interested in the high-stakes world of professional golf, the politics of sports and celebrity, and the myths and realities surrounding the flawed yet riveting figure who remains among the most famous athletes of our time.
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"A John Hope Franklin Center book."
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Perhaps the best golfer ever, Tiger Woods rocketed to the top of a once whites-only sport. Endorsements made him a global brand and the world's richest athlete. The child of a multiracial marriage, Woods and his blond, blue-eyed wife, Elin Nordegren, seemed to represent a new post-racial America. Then, in late 2009, Woods became embroiled in a sex scandal that made headlines worldwide. In this concise yet far-reaching analysis, Orin Starn brings an anthropologist's perspective to bear on Tigergate. He explores our modern media obsession with celebrity scandals and their tawdry ritualized drama, yet he offers much more than the usual banal moralizing about the rich and famous. Starn explains how Tiger's travails and the culture of golf reflect broader American anxieties - about race and sex, scapegoating and betrayal, and the role of the sports hero. The Passion of Tiger Woods is required reading for all those interested in the high-stakes world of professional golf, the politics of sports and celebrity, and the myths and realities surrounding the flawed yet riveting figure who remains among the most famous athletes of our time.
Description based on print version record
Perhaps the best golfer ever, Tiger Woods rocketed to the top of a once whites-only sport. Endorsements made him a global brand and the world's richest athlete. The child of a multiracial marriage, Woods and his blond, blue-eyed wife, Elin Nordegren, seemed to represent a new post-racial America. Then, in late 2009, Woods became embroiled in a sex scandal that made headlines worldwide. In this concise yet far-reaching analysis, Orin Starn brings an anthropologist's perspective to bear on Tigergate. He explores our modern media obsession with celebrity scandals and their tawdry ritualized drama, yet he offers much more than the usual banal moralizing about the rich and famous. Starn explains how Tiger's travails and the culture of golf reflect broader American anxieties - about race and sex, scapegoating and betrayal, and the role of the sports hero. The Passion of Tiger Woods is required reading for all those interested in the high-stakes world of professional golf, the politics of sports and celebrity, and the myths and realities surrounding the flawed yet riveting figure who remains among the most famous athletes of our time.
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Table of Contents
Golf backwards spells "flog"
The Tiger Woods revolution
Tigergate, celebrity scandal, and the apology society
Internet wars, sex addiction, and the crucifixion of Tiger Woods
Postracial fantasies, racial realpolitik
Tiger's penis
Out of the woods?
The Tiger Woods revolution
Tigergate, celebrity scandal, and the apology society
Internet wars, sex addiction, and the crucifixion of Tiger Woods
Postracial fantasies, racial realpolitik
Tiger's penis
Out of the woods?