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Babe Ruth is a baseball player who emerged from the sports pages of the "Jazz Age". This title unpacks Ruth's legacy, examining how mass communications help to shape the evolution of Babe Ruth from his creation as a media icon in the 1920s to his presence in the millennium.
List of contents
Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Babe Ruth and the Emergence of Twentieth Century America Chapter 3. "The Rape of the Red Sox" or How the Political Economy of Culture Instigated the Sale of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees in 1920 Chapter 4. "The Rape of the Red Sox"—Part II: or How the Mechanizations of Capital Turn a Young Man Into an Economic Commodity Chapter 5. Babe Ruth and the Christy Walsh Syndicate Chapter 6. The Intertextuality of Babe Ruth Chapter 7. Hegemony and the Transformation of the Babe Ruth Image Chapter 8. Babe Ruth in the Movies Chapter 9. Babe Ruth and the Modern Era: Summary and Conclusion Notes. Bibliography. Index.
About the author
Patrick Adam Trimble is an Instructor in Integrative Arts at Penn State University.
Summary
Babe Ruth is a baseball player who emerged from the sports pages of the "Jazz Age". This title unpacks Ruth's legacy, examining how mass communications help to shape the evolution of Babe Ruth from his creation as a media icon in the 1920s to his presence in the millennium.
