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Sporting lives : metaphor and myth in American sports autobiographies / James W. Pipkin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pipkin, James W., 1944-
- Series:
- Sports and American culture series.
- Sports and American culture series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Athletes--United States--Biography.
- Athletes.
- Autobiographies--United States.
- Autobiographies.
- Sports--United States--Biography.
- Sports.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (174 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Examines autobiographies by athletes such as Wilt Chamberlain, Babe Ruth, Martina Navratilova, and Dennis Rodman, and analyzes common themes and recurring patterns in the accounts of their lives and sporting experiences"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- "The echoing green"
- Body songs
- Magic : the performing body
- The end of autumn
- "Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue" : Dennis Rodman and the contemporary athlete as postmodern celebrity.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-155) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8262-6641-X
- OCLC:
- 646798619
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