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Discipline and Indulgence: College Football, Media, and the American Way of Life during the Cold War (Critical Issues in Sport and Society)
Professor Jeffrey Montez de Oca
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Description for Discipline and Indulgence: College Football, Media, and the American Way of Life during the Cold War (Critical Issues in Sport and Society)
Hardcover. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
Winner of the 2014 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) Outstanding Book Award
The early Cold War (1947–1964) was a time of optimism in America. Flushed with confidence by the Second World War, many heralded the American Century and saw postwar affluence as proof that capitalism would solve want and poverty. Yet this period also filled people with anxiety. Beyond the specter of nuclear annihilation, the consumerism and affluence of capitalism’s success were seen as turning the sons of pioneers into couch potatoes.
In Discipline and Indulgence, Jeffrey Montez de Oca demonstrates how ... Read morepopular culture, especially college football, addressed capitalism’s contradictions by integrating men into the economy of the Cold War as workers, warriors, and consumers. In the dawning television age, college football provided a ritual and spectacle of the American way of life that anyone could participate in from the comfort of his own home. College football formed an ethical space of patriotic pageantry where men could produce themselves as citizens of the Cold War state. Based on a theoretically sophisticated analysis of Cold War media, Discipline and Indulgence assesses the period’s institutional linkage of sport, higher education, media, and militarism and finds the connections of contemporary sport media to today’s War on Terror. Show Less
Product Details
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Series
Critical Issues in Sport and Society
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
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About Professor Jeffrey Montez de Oca
JEFFREY MONTEZ DE OCA is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.
Reviews for Discipline and Indulgence: College Football, Media, and the American Way of Life during the Cold War (Critical Issues in Sport and Society)
"This is an important, compelling, and cogently argued analysis of the complex relationship among sport, militarism, and American nationalism during the Cold War era."
David L. Andrews
Physical Cultural Studies, Department of Kinesiology, University of Maryland
"Theoretically grounded and empirically rich, this book breaks new ground: moving beyond traditional football histories, Montez de Oca investigates everyday engagements ... Read morewith popular social structures and meanings."
Mary G. McDonald
Department of Kinesiology and Health, Miami University
"Montez de Oca analyzes the relationships between sport, militarism, and US nationalism in very compelling ways, breaking new ground in the understanding of everyday social organization and significance. Recommended."
Choice
"Discipline and Indulgence is a superb illustration of how sport creates, maintains, and reinforces shared meanings, identities, norms, and other important aspects of culture. Filled with rich data from of a wide variety of primary sources, the author produced a theoretically sound and thorough analysis of college football and the American way of life during the early Cold War."
American Journal of Sociology
"The book is an accessible and well-written blend of history and sociology and contributes important new perspectives to the scholarly understanding of college football, masculinity, politics, and media during the Cold War."
Journal of American Culture
"Discipline and Indulgence is a concise, well-researched, and compelling work that highlights important themes of twentieth-century American history."
H-War
"Discipline and Indulgence provides an effective exploration of the way that seemingly mundane activities like football actually contain immense cultural significance ... Montez de Oca adds a valuable contribution to the growing body of Cold War scholarship by emphasizing the role of sport—particularly college football—in linking identities, bodies, and politics for Americans."
Gender & Society
"This is an important, compelling, and cogently argued analysis of the complex relationship among sport, militarism, and American nationalism during the Cold War era."
David L. Andrews
Physical Cultural Studies, Department of Kinesiology, University of Maryland
"This is an important, compelling, and cogently argued analysis of the complex relationship among sport, militarism, and American nationalism during the Cold War era."
David L. Andrews
Physical Cultural Studies, Department of Kinesiology, University of Maryland
"Theoretically grounded and empirically rich, this book breaks new ground: moving beyond traditional football histories, Montez de Oca investigates everyday engagements with popular social structures and meanings."
Mary G. McDonald
Department of Kinesiology and Health, Miami University
"Theoretically grounded and empirically rich, this book breaks new ground: moving beyond traditional football histories, Montez de Oca investigates everyday engagements with popular social structures and meanings."
Mary G. McDonald
Department of Kinesiology and Health, Miami University
"Montez de Oca analyzes the relationships between sport, militarism, and US nationalism in very compelling ways, breaking new ground in the understanding of everyday social organization and significance. Recommended."
Choice
"Montez de Oca analyzes the relationships between sport, militarism, and US nationalism in very compelling ways, breaking new ground in the understanding of everyday social organization and significance. Recommended."
Choice
"Discipline and Indulgence is a superb illustration of how sport creates, maintains, and reinforces shared meanings, identities, norms, and other important aspects of culture. Filled with rich data from of a wide variety of primary sources, the author produced a theoretically sound and thorough analysis of college football and the American way of life during the early Cold War."
American Journal of Sociology
"Discipline and Indulgence is a superb illustration of how sport creates, maintains, and reinforces shared meanings, identities, norms, and other important aspects of culture. Filled with rich data from of a wide variety of primary sources, the author produced a theoretically sound and thorough analysis of college football and the American way of life during the early Cold War."
American Journal of Sociology
"The book is an accessible and well-written blend of history and sociology and contributes important new perspectives to the scholarly understanding of college football, masculinity, politics, and media during the Cold War."
Journal of American Culture
"The book is an accessible and well-written blend of history and sociology and contributes important new perspectives to the scholarly understanding of college football, masculinity, politics, and media during the Cold War."
Journal of American Culture
"Discipline and Indulgence is a concise, well-researched, and compelling work that highlights important themes of twentieth-century American history."
H-War
"Discipline and Indulgence is a concise, well-researched, and compelling work that highlights important themes of twentieth-century American history."
H-War
"Discipline and Indulgence provides an effective exploration of the way that seemingly mundane activities like football actually contain immense cultural significance ... Montez de Oca adds a valuable contribution to the growing body of Cold War scholarship by emphasizing the role of sport—particularly college football—in linking identities, bodies, and politics for Americans."
Gender & Society
"Discipline and Indulgence provides an effective exploration of the way that seemingly mundane activities like football actually contain immense cultural significance ... Montez de Oca adds a valuable contribution to the growing body of Cold War scholarship by emphasizing the role of sport—particularly college football—in linking identities, bodies, and politics for Americans."
Gender & Society
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