Sport, film and national culture
Sport, film, and national culture : an introduction / Seán Crosson -- Adapting an 'American' football biopic : Knute Rockne : All American / Jesse Schlotterbeck -- Esther Williams, Americanness, the aquacade and sex : 'a swirl of red, white and blue flags and chesty swimmers with thei...
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Routledge
2021
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| Schriftenreihe: | Routledge research in sport, culture and society
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Sport, film, and national culture : an introduction / Seán Crosson -- Adapting an 'American' football biopic : Knute Rockne : All American / Jesse Schlotterbeck -- Esther Williams, Americanness, the aquacade and sex : 'a swirl of red, white and blue flags and chesty swimmers with their chins up' / Ellen Wright -- Multicultural American heroes : reading the recent biopics of Jackie Robinson and Jesse Owens Through the lens of American civil religion / Grant Wiedenfeld -- Sports film and the reimaging of American popular culture : Billie Jean and Tonya / Gina Daddario -- Sport films and 'banal' nationalism in interwar Belgium : Flandria film, mythomoteurs and the cult of the 'Flandriens' / Daniel Biltereyst and Roel Vande Winkel -- Sport and national culture in Swedish film / Peter Dahlén -- Soccer, film, and the Third Reich : hunters, cowards, and glory / Rebeccah Dawson -- Primo Carnera, propaganda and Mussoliniʼs international legitimisation : the boxer who was a passport for fascism / Francesco Buscemi -- Football, cinema and Spanish nationalism : decoding the Francoist film Campeones (1943) / Manuel Garin -- Cricket, film and British national identity : on a sticky wicket? / Stephen Glynn -- Netball and national identity in Aotearoa New Zealand cinema newsreels 1930-1959 : 'there's a new life in the sporting world' / Margaret Henley -- Football, national culture and politics in Brazil in 1970 : O ano em que meus pais saíram de férias (The year my parents went on vacation) / André Mendes Capraro and Pauline Peixoto Iglesias Vargas -- Contesting visions of Ethiopia in two Amharic sports films : between film festivals and local commercial cinema / Michael W. Thomas -- Reconstructing Taiwanese national identity in the sports film : small nation, sports, and cultural heterogeneity / Ting-Ying Lin. "Sport and film have historically been key components of national cultures and societies. This is the first collection dedicated to examining the intersection of these popular cultural forces within specific national contexts. Covering films of all types, from Hollywood blockbusters to regional documentaries and newsreels, the book considers how filmic depictions of sport have configured and informed distinctive national cultures, societies and identities. Featuring case studies from eleven national contexts across six continents - including North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania - it reveals the common and contrasting approaches that have emerged within sport cinema in differing national contexts. This is fascinating and important reading for all students and researchers working in film, media, cultural studies or sport, and for broader enthusiasts of both sport and film"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xiv, 248 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9780367346522 978-0-367-34652-2 |