Bibliograph

Sporting lives, metaphor and myth in American sports autobiographies, James W. Pipkin

Type

Label

Sporting lives, metaphor and myth in American sports autobiographies, James W. Pipkin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-155) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sporting lives

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

177819126

Responsibility statement

James W. Pipkin

Series statement

Sports and American culture series

Sub title

metaphor and myth in American sports autobiographies

Summary

"Examines autobiographies by athletes such as Wilt Chamberlain, Babe Ruth, Martina Navratilova, and Dennis Rodman, and analyzes common themes and recurring patterns in the accounts of their lives and sporting experiences"--Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

"The echoing green" -- Body songs -- Magic : the performing body -- The end of autumn -- "Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue" : Dennis Rodman and the contemporary athlete as postmodern celebrity

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