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Sport Stars: The Cultural Politics of Sporting Celebrity

By David Andrews

Book information

Year
2001
ISBN
0415221188, 9780415221184, 0415221196, 9780415221191, 9780203463543
Open Library ID
OL17027464M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1017 kB (1040949 bytes)
Pages
304\291
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

In a culture obsessed with celebrity, sportmen and women are some of the highest profile figures. We are fascinated by sport stars' lifestyles, love lives, and earning power. Sport Stars investigates the nature of contemporary sporting celebrity, examining stars' often turbulent relationships with the media, and with 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 sporting celebrity, and consider the ways in which these most public of individuals inform and influence private experience.

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