Soccer's Neoliberal Pitch - The Sport's Power, Profit, and Discursive Politics

Info autore

John M. Sloop is professor of communication studies at Vanderbilt University and author of Disciplining Gender: Rhetorics of Sex Identity in Contemporary U.S. Culture and The Cultural Prison: Discourse, Prisoners, and Punishment.

Riassunto

Offers a cultural critique of soccer’s public rhetoric. John Sloop picks up on the work of Laurent Dubois and others to see in American soccer - a sport that has achieved popularity despite its struggle to establish major league status - a game that permits surprisingly diverse modes of thinking about national identity because of its marginality.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John M Sloop, John M. Sloop
• Editore: The University of Alabama Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.05.2023
• EAN: 9780817361020
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-6102-0
• Pagine: 200
• Serie: Rhetoric, Culture, and Social; Rhetoric, Culture, and, Social Critique
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie