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Sport, Rhetoric, and Gender: Historical Perspectives and Media Representations

By Linda K. Fuller

Book information

Year
2006
ISBN
1403973288, 9781403973283, 9780230600751
LCC
GV706.5 .S7364 2006
Open Library ID
OL22740138M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1021 kB (1045922 bytes)
Edition
1st
Pages
284\285
Topic
History
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Interested in the nexus between sport, gender, and language, Sport, Rhetoric, and Gender deconstructs the role of rhetoric in the multi-billion dollar popular cultural/infotainment business. Wide-ranging, its 21 chapters, from contributors representing a number of different disciplines and athletic interests, examine sport vis-? -vis the language surrounding and incorporated by it in the world arena. Edited by Linda K. Fuller, it consists of these divisions: 1.Sport language per se; 2.Historical perspectives; 3.Print media representations; 4.Broadcast media representations; 5.Visual media representations; and 6.Classic case studies.

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