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Through a series of case studies of British and American sportsmen, Whannel traces the emergence of of the sporting 'hero' and 'star' , and considers the ways in which the lives of sport stars are narrated through the media. Focussing on figures like Muhammad Ali and David Beckham, whose fame has spread well beyond the world of sport, he shows how growing media coverage has helped produced a sporting system, and examines how modern celebrity addresses the issues of race and nation, performance and identity, morality and violence.
Contents:
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Introduction
Part One: The Tales they Tell of Men..
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Discourses of crisis in masculinity 3
The developments of media sports 4
Heroes and stars 5
Narrativity and biography 6
Sporting masculinities Part Two: From Sporting Print to Satellite 7
The birth of the sport star: Pre War Fame 8
Good Boys: Stars, Nations and Respectability in the 1950s 9
Pretty Boys, the 1960s and pop culture 10
Bad boys and the work ethic Part Three: The Restless Vortex of Celebrity 11
Celebration, punishment, redemption and self-discipline 12
Moralities, masculinities and violence 13
Identities: race , nation and masculinity 14
Performances, appearances, identitites and post-modernities 15
Voretextuality and conspicious consumption 16
Conclusion: So what if the poxy swan is the wrong way? Appendices
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Bibliographical Notes 2
The concept of the Role Model - critical notes 3
Notes on the Methodological Issues
Bibliography.
Brief Description:
Media Sports Stars considers how masculinity and male identity are represented through images of sport and sport stars.
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