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Football and Manliness: An Unauthorized Feminist Account of the NFL
Thomas P. Oates
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Description for Football and Manliness: An Unauthorized Feminist Account of the NFL
Hardback. Series: Feminist Media Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFK; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Women, African Americans, and gays have recently upended US culture with demands for inclusion and respect, while economic changes have transformed work and daily life for millions of Americans. The national obsession with the National Football League provides a window on this dynamic period of change, reshaping ideas about manliness to respond to new urgencies on and beyond the gridiron. Thomas P. Oates uses feminist theory to break down the dynamic cultural politics shaping, and shaped by, today's NFL. As he shows, the league's wildly popular product provides an arena for media producers to work out and recalibrate the anxieties, ... Read more
Women, African Americans, and gays have recently upended US culture with demands for inclusion and respect, while economic changes have transformed work and daily life for millions of Americans. The national obsession with the National Football League provides a window on this dynamic period of change, reshaping ideas about manliness to respond to new urgencies on and beyond the gridiron. Thomas P. Oates uses feminist theory to break down the dynamic cultural politics shaping, and shaped by, today's NFL. As he shows, the league's wildly popular product provides an arena for media producers to work out and recalibrate the anxieties, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
Feminist Media Studies
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252040948
SKU
V9780252040948
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About Thomas P. Oates
Thomas P. Oates is an assistant professor in the Department of American Studies and School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa. He is a coeditor of The NFL: Critical and Cultural Perspectives.
Reviews for Football and Manliness: An Unauthorized Feminist Account of the NFL
"What does the NFL have to do with the rise of Donald Trump? Thomas Oates' expansive and readable book provides a riveting and often surprising answer to this question. This vital account of the racist and masculinist populism that is enabled
and occasionally constrained
through the culture of professional football is a must read for scholars and fans alike."
Samantha King, author of ... Read more
and occasionally constrained
through the culture of professional football is a must read for scholars and fans alike."
Samantha King, author of ... Read more