The NFL [electronic resource] : critical and cultural perspectives / edited by Thomas Patrick Oates and Zack Furness ; foreword by Michael Oriard.
Oates, Thomas Patrick, editor.; Furness, Zack, editor.; Oriard, Michael, 1948- author of introduction, etc.
2014
GV955.5.N35 .N45 2014eb
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The NFL [electronic resource] : critical and cultural perspectives / edited by Thomas Patrick Oates and Zack Furness ; foreword by Michael Oriard.
ISBN
9781439909591 electronic book
9781439909584
Published
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, 2014.
Copyright
©2014
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (268 pages).
Call Number
GV955.5.N35 .N45 2014eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
796.332/6406
Summary
"The National Football League is one of the most significant cultural engines in contemporary American life. Yet despite intense and near ubiquitous media coverage, commentators rarely turn a critical lens on the league to ask what material and social forces have contributed to its success, and how the NFL has influenced public life in the United States. The editors of and contributors to The NFL examine the league as a culturally, economically, and politically powerful presence in American life. The essays, by established and up-and-coming scholars, explore how the NFL is packaged for commercial consumption, the league's influence on American identity, and its relationship to state and cultural militarism. The NFL is the first collection of critical essays to focus attention on the NFL as a cultural force. It boldly moves beyond popular celebrations of the sport and toward a fuller understanding of football's role in shaping contemporary sport, media, and everyday life. Contributors include: David L. Andrews, Aaron Baker, Michael Butterworth, Jacob Dittmer, Dan Grano, Samantha King, Kyle Kusz, Toby Miller, Ronald L. Mower, Dylan Mulvin, Oliver J.C. Rick, Katie Rodgers, and the editors. "-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes index.
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Oates, Thomas Patrick, editor.
Furness, Zack, editor.
Oriard, Michael, 1948- author of introduction, etc.
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Sporting (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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NFL.
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Foreword : football as mediated spectacle / Michael Oriard
Introduction : the political football : culture, critique, and the NFL / Thomas P. Oates and Zack Furness
Production, promotion, and control. The greatest game ever played : an NFL origin sory / Daniel A. Grano ; Game time : a history of the managerial authority of the instant replay / Dylan Mulvin ; The Ochocino brand : social media's impact on the NFL's institutional control / Jacob Dittmer ; New media and the repackaging of the NFL fandom / Thomas P. Oates
Identities, social hierarchies, and cultural power. NFL sex / Toby Miller ; Football and "ghettocentric" logics? : The NFL's essentialist mobilization of black bodies / David L. Andrews and Oliver J. C. Buck ; "I was a gladiator" : pain, injury, and masculinity in the NFL / Katie Rodgers ; Masculinity, race, and violence in 'Any Given Sunday' / Aaron Baker ; Spignesi, Sinatra, and the Pittsburgh Steelers : Franco's Italian Army as an expression of ethnic identity, 1972-1977 / Nicholas P. Ciotola
Gridirons and battlefields. Offensive lines : sport-state synergy in an era of perpetual war / Samantha King ; NFL films and the militarization of professional football / Michael L. Butterworth ; For the love of national manhood : excavating the cultural politics and media memorialization of Pat Tillman / Kyle W. Kusz.

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