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SportsWars: Athletes in the Age of Aquarius
David, Zang, Zang, David
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 180 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 12. Weight in Grams: 472.
The Vietnam era's tensions—between tradition and new possibilities, black and white, young and old, male and female—were played out on the field of professional and organized sports. SportsWars shows that the century-old position of sports as the standard-bearer for American values, and as a central way of building character, made it a prime target in this time of general disenchantment. Critics began to challenge not only individual abuses but sport's very ideals, and for the first time these critics included athletes themselves. Zang locates a variety of larger cultural debates within professional sports and organized sports more generally: changing valuations ... Read more
The Vietnam era's tensions—between tradition and new possibilities, black and white, young and old, male and female—were played out on the field of professional and organized sports. SportsWars shows that the century-old position of sports as the standard-bearer for American values, and as a central way of building character, made it a prime target in this time of general disenchantment. Critics began to challenge not only individual abuses but sport's very ideals, and for the first time these critics included athletes themselves. Zang locates a variety of larger cultural debates within professional sports and organized sports more generally: changing valuations ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
Fayetteville, United States
ISBN
9781557287137
SKU
V9781557287137
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Ref
99-3
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