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Gender and Genre in Sports Documentaries: Critical Essays
Zachary Ed. Ingle
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Description for Gender and Genre in Sports Documentaries: Critical Essays
Hardcover. Editor(s): Ingle, Zachary; Sutera, David M. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: APFR; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
Nonfiction films about sports have been around for decades, but the previously neglected subgenre of the documentary has become increasingly popular in the last several years. Despite such recent successes as Senna, Undefeated, and ESPN’s 30 for 30 series, however, few scholarly articles have been published on these works. In Gender and Genre in Sports Documentaries, editors Zachary Ingle and David M. Sutera have assembled essays that examine the various aspects of this art form. Some address questions of gender and sexuality, specifically how masculinity and homosexuality are represented in sports documentaries. Others focus on the characteristics of these ... Read more
Nonfiction films about sports have been around for decades, but the previously neglected subgenre of the documentary has become increasingly popular in the last several years. Despite such recent successes as Senna, Undefeated, and ESPN’s 30 for 30 series, however, few scholarly articles have been published on these works. In Gender and Genre in Sports Documentaries, editors Zachary Ingle and David M. Sutera have assembled essays that examine the various aspects of this art form. Some address questions of gender and sexuality, specifically how masculinity and homosexuality are represented in sports documentaries. Others focus on the characteristics of these ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810887879
SKU
V9780810887879
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About Zachary Ed. Ingle
Zachary Ingle has published articles and reviews in journals such as Mass Communication and Society, Literature/Film Quarterly, Film-Philosophy, and Journal of American Culture. He is the editor of Robert Rodriguez: Interviews (2012). David M. Sutera is a film and media scholar and an independent filmmaker. Ingle and Sutera are the editors of Identity and Myth in Sports Documentaries ... Read more
Reviews for Gender and Genre in Sports Documentaries: Critical Essays
Gender and Genre in Sports Documentaries builds on the increasing popularity of documentaries by presenting 11 critical essays on documentary films about sport. A great strength of the book is that the essays do not focus only on what could broadly be called ‘mainstream’ sport. In addition to essays on films about basketball, football and auto racing, there are essays ... Read more