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The passion of Tiger Woods : an anthropologist reports on golf, race, and celebrity scandal / Orin Starn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Starn, Orin.
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- a John Hope Franklin Center Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Woods, Tiger.
- Golfers--United States--Biography.
- Golfers.
- Sex scandals--United States.
- Sex scandals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (162 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book examines the career of Tiger Woods, from child star to global sports celebrity. Starn shows that while the scandal following the revelation of Tiger's infidelities was like many similar media-generated scandals of recent years, by examining the way Woods was seen afterwards, we can learn a lot about race and sex in contemporary America.
- Contents:
- Golf backwards spells "flog"
- The Tiger Woods revolution
- Tigergate, celebrity scandal, and the apology society
- Internet wars, sex addiction, and the crucifixion of Tiger Woods
- Postracial fantasies, racial realpolitik
- Tiger's penis
- Out of the woods?
- Notes:
- "A John Hope Franklin Center book."
- Description based on print version record
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613335241
- 0-8223-9519-3
- 1-283-33524-7
- OCLC:
- 766040015
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