King Football : Sport and Spectacle in the Golden Age of Radio and Newsreels, Movies and Magazines, the Weekly and the Daily Press.
Title:
King Football : Sport and Spectacle in the Golden Age of Radio and Newsreels, Movies and Magazines, the Weekly and the Daily Press.
Author:
Oriard, Michael.
ISBN:
9780807864036
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (451 pages)
Contents:
Cover Page -- King Football -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- I In the Kingdom of Football -- 1 Reading, Watching, & Listening to Football -- 2 Local Football -- 3 Who Cares about Reform? -- 4 Players' or Coaches'-Whose Game Is It? -- 5 Gridiron, U.S.A. -- 6 Sanctioning Savagery -- II What We Think About When We Think about Football -- 7 Class? -- 8 Ethnicity -- 9 Race -- 10 Masculinity -- Epilogue Into the Age of Television -- Appendix A Football Films, 1920-1960 -- Appendix B Football Covers on the Saturday Evening Post and Collier's, 1920-1960 -- Appendix C Football Fiction in the Saturday Evening Post and Collierߣs, 1920-1960 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
King Football: Sport and Spectacle in the Golden Age of Radio and Newsreels, Movies and Magazines, the Weekly and the Daily Press.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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