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Contesting Identities: Sports in American Film
Contesting Identities Sports in American Film
Author: Aaron Baker
Baker shows that even as sports films tackle socially constructed identities such as class, race, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender, they ultimately underscore transcendence of these identities through self-reliance. In addition to discussing the genre's recurring dramatic tropes, Baker also looks at the social and cinematic impacts of real-life ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780252073540
ISBN-10: 0252073541
Publication Date: 2/20/2006
Pages: 176
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Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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