Passion of Tiger Woods - An Anthropologist Reports on Golf, Race, and Celebrity Scandal

Informationen zum Autor Orin Starn Klappentext This book examines the career of Tiger Woods, from child star to global sports celebrity. Starn shows that while the scandal following the revelation of Tiger's infidelities was like many similar media-generated scandals of recent years, by examining the way Woods was seen afterwards, we can learn a lot about race and sex in contemporary America. Zusammenfassung This book examines the career of Tiger Woods! from child star to global sports celebrity. Starn shows that while the scandal following the revelation of Tiger's infidelities was like many similar media-generated scandals of recent years! by examining the way Woods was seen afterwards! we can learn a lot about race and sex in contemporary America. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue ix 1. Golf Backward Spells "Flog" 1 2. The Tiger Woods Revolution 23 3. Tigergate, Celebrity Scandal, and the Apology Society 39 4. Internet Wars, Sex Addiction, and the Crucifixion of Tiger Woods 55 5. Postracial Fantasies, Racial Realpolitik 67 6. Tiger's Penis 85 7. Out of the Woods? 107 Notes 119 Bibliography 129 Acknowledgments 135 Index 137

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Orin Starn, STARN ORIN
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 12.12.2011
• EAN: 9780822351993
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-5199-3
• Pagine: 160
• Serie: A John Hope Franklin Center Book; John Hope Franklin Center Book; A John Hope Franklin Center Book; John Hope Franklin Center Book
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Analisi delle strutture sociali