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The Sport Star
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Author : Barry Smart
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2005-08-24
The Sport Star written by Barry Smart and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-24 with Social Science categories.
Why are sport stars central to celebrity culture? What are the implications of their fame? Proceeding from a broadly based discussion of heroism, fame and celebrity, Smart addresses a number of prominent modern sports and sport stars, including Michael Jordan (basketball), David Beckham (football), Tiger Woods (golf), Anna Kournikova and the Williams sisters (tennis). He analyses the development of modern sport in the UK and USA, demonstrating the key economic and cultural factors that have contributed to the popularity of sport stars, while examining issues such as race and gender, the impact of professionalization, growing media coverage, the role of agents and the increasing presence of commercial corporations providing sponsorship and endorsement contracts. This book situates the sport star as the embodiment of the various tensions of age, class, race, gender and culture. It argues that sporting figures possess an increasingly rare quality of authenticity that gives them the capacity to lift and inspire people. The book is a major contribution to the sociology and culture of sport and celebrity.
The Sport Star
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Author : Barry Smart
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
The Sport Star written by Barry Smart and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Athletes categories.
David Beckham, Tiger Woods, Anna Kournikova - over recent years sports stars, on both sides of the Atlantic, have not just crossed over into the mainstream celebrity scene, but increasingly dominate it. This volume offers an analysis of the development of modern sport in the UK and the USA.
The Sport Star
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Author : Barry Smart
language : en
Publisher: SAGE Publications Limited
Release Date : 2005-09-15
The Sport Star written by Barry Smart and has been published by SAGE Publications Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-09-15 with Social Science categories.
Why are sport stars central to celebrity culture? What are the implications of their fame? Proceeding from a broadly based discussion of heroism, fame and celebrity, Smart addresses a number of prominent modern sports and sport stars, including Michael Jordan (basketball), David Beckham (football), Tiger Woods (golf), Anna Kournikova and the Williams sisters (tennis). He analyses the development of modern sport in the UK and USA, demonstrating the key economic and cultural factors that have contributed to the popularity of sport stars, while examining issues such as race and gender, the impact of professionalization, growing media coverage, the role of agents and the increasing presence of commercial corporations providing sponsorship and endorsement contracts. This book situates the sport star as the embodiment of the various tensions of age, class, race, gender and culture. It argues that sporting figures possess an increasingly rare quality of authenticity that gives them the capacity to lift and inspire people. The book is a major contribution to the sociology and culture of sport and celebrity.
Sport Stars
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Author : David L. Andrews
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2001
Sport Stars written by David L. Andrews and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Social Science categories.
Sport stars investigates the nature of the contemporary sports celebrity, examining stars' often turbulent relationship with the media and the sporting establishment. Through a series of case studies of sporting stars including Diego Maradona, Michael Jordan, Venus Williams and David Beckham, contributors examine the cultural, political, economic and technological forces which combine to produce the sports celebrity, and discuss the individual forms of fame each star experiences.
The Sport Star
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Author : Barry Smart
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2005-09-15
The Sport Star written by Barry Smart and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-09-15 with Social Science categories.
Why are sport stars central to celebrity culture? What are the implications of their fame? Proceeding from a broadly based discussion of heroism, fame and celebrity, Smart addresses a number of prominent modern sports and sport stars, including Michael Jordan (basketball), David Beckham (football), Tiger Woods (golf), Anna Kournikova and the Williams sisters (tennis). He analyses the development of modern sport in the UK and USA, demonstrating the key economic and cultural factors that have contributed to the popularity of sport stars, while examining issues such as race and gender, the impact of professionalization, growing media coverage, the role of agents and the increasing presence of commercial corporations providing sponsorship and endorsement contracts. This book situates the sport star as the embodiment of the various tensions of age, class, race, gender and culture. It argues that sporting figures possess an increasingly rare quality of authenticity that gives them the capacity to lift and inspire people. The book is a major contribution to the sociology and culture of sport and celebrity.
Media Sport Stars
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Author : Garry Whannel
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-07-08
Media Sport Stars written by Garry Whannel and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-07-08 with Social Science categories.
Media Sport Stars considers how masculinity and male identity are represented through images of sport and sport stars. From the pre-radio era to today's specialist TV channels, newspaper supplements and websites, Whannel traces the growing cultural importance of sport and sportmen, showing how the very practices of sport are still bound up with the production of masculinities. Through a series of case studies of British and American sportsmen, Whannel traces the emergence of of the sporting 'hero' and 'star' , and considers the ways in which the lives of sport stars are narrated through the media. Focusing on figures like Muhammad Ali and David Beckham, whose fame has spread well beyond the world of sport, he shows how growing media coverage has helped produced a sporting system, and examines how modern celebrity addresses the issues of race and nation, performance and identity, morality and violence. From Babe Ruth to Mike Tyson, Media Sport Stars demonstrates that, in an era in which both morality and masculinity are percieved to be 'in crisis', sport holds a central place in contemporary culture, and sport stars become the focal point for discourses of masculinity and morality.
Sports Star In Training
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Author : Catherine Ard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022
Sports Star In Training written by Catherine Ard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Athletes categories.
Step into the running shoes of an athlete! Learn all about athletics, the skills you need to be successful, how to choose the sport that suits you best, the training you have to undergo and how to be fit and healthy. Have you got what it takes to be an athlete in training?
40 Years Of Sportstar 40 Superstars
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
40 Years Of Sportstar 40 Superstars written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with categories.
Bodies Of Discourse
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Author : Cornel Sandvoss
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Incorporated
Release Date : 2012
Bodies Of Discourse written by Cornel Sandvoss and has been published by Peter Lang Pub Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Social Science categories.
Sports stars are omnipresent icons of popular culture. In the global age of celebrity, few public personae enjoy greater popularity and recognition than professional athletes. Yet, beyond their sporting achievements, athletes - from stars with near-global appeal such as Muhammad Ali or Tiger Woods to local and national sporting heroes - embody and reflect key political, social, and cultural discourses of our time. This anthology investigates sports stardom in its global context across the spectrum of spectator sport: from the quest of Japanese star athletes to exorcise the cultural demons of postwar Japan, to the Mexican pitcher celebrating victory in the first major league baseball game played on Mexican soil; from the naturalization of a Croatian footballer in Israel, to the marginalization of Scottish women curlers at the Winter Olympics. Reflecting this focus, Bodies of Discourse conceptualizes the discourses surrounding sports stars as part of an increasingly transnational and fragmented public sphere and thus traces the economic, social, and cultural roles of these discourses, ranging from nationalism and racism to foreign affairs and sexual politics.
Sports Stars
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Author : Jen Green
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-05-23
Sports Stars written by Jen Green and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-23 with Athletes categories.
A book to spark the imagination of all readers through the use of real-life, well known sports stars. Reading through this factual book gives an understanding of the hard work, effort and challenges that each individual sport star has faced in order to achieve success, proving that with dedication anything is possible. Sports Stars is a book to spark the imagination of all readers through the use of real-life, well known sports stars. Reading through this factual book gives an understanding of the hard work, effort and challenges that each individual sport star has faced in order to achieve success, proving that with dedication anything is possible. This book should inspire young people to continue to aim for their dreams, even if they face challenges along the way.