Hollywood's vision of team sports : heroes, race, and gender / Deborah V. Tudor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tudor, Deborah V., 1951-

Series:

Garland studies in American popular history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports films--History and criticism.

Sports films.

African Americans in motion pictures.

Women in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 203 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Garland Pub., 1997.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Athlete as Hero, Star and Celebrity 3

Athlete as Hero 3

Athlete as Star 8

Athlete as Celebrity 9

Characters and Commodities 12

Representation of Specific Sports 14

Ryne Sandberg: The All-American Boy of Summer 17

Jim McMahon: Not Your All-American Boy 27

Michael Jordan: Transcending Chicago and Basketball 32

Chapter 2 Images of the Athletic Hero in Films 45

Two Contemporary Heroes 47

Biographical Film Heroes 50

Take Up Thy Bed and Walk 53

Football Heroes and Anti-Heroes 64

Multiple, Non-Professional Heroes 75

Chapter 3 Gender, the Family and Sports 79

Broadcasting, Sports and Women 81

Women in Male Sports Films 85

Mothers and Fathers and Sons 93

Sports Films and the Feminist Inflection 102

Maintaining the Heterosexual Couple 113

Chapter 4 The Play of Race Within Sports Films 123

Narrative Strategies Representing Race 124

Bingo Long: Separation as Resistance 126

Biographical Films and Racism 139

Race and Sports: Political Action 147

Sports as Personal Struggle 150

Separation: The Small Town 152

Constructing the Black Hero 156

Fantasy, the Playing Field and Race 165

Racial Spaces: Extending the Field 170.

Notes:

Filmography: pages 189-191.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-198) and index.

ISBN:

0815329075

OCLC:

36647858