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National pastimes : cinema, sports, and nation / Katharina Bonzel.
Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.S67 B66 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bonzel, Katharina, author.
- Series:
- Sports, media, and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports films--History.
- Sports films.
- Nationalism in motion pictures.
- National characteristics in motion pictures.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 234 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2020]
- Contents:
- "Let us praise famous men": creating myth and memory in Chariots of fire
- Unifying Germany: the miracle of Bern and national identity
- Anxious in America: Rocky Balboa and the American dream
- Small towns, big dreams: American pastoral and the sports film
- Querying the nation: the "hero other" in sports films
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781496215529
- 1496215524
- OCLC:
- 1089970952
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