| Sport, Spectacle, and NASCAR Nation: Consumption and the Cultural Politics of Neoliberalism 2011 Edition Contributor(s): Newman, J. (Author), Giardina, M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349296538 ISBN-13: 9781349296538 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $49.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Motor Sports - Sports & Recreation | Sociology Of Sports - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 796.720 |
| Series: Education, Politics and Public Life |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6" W x 9" (0.90 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - NASCAR |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sport, Spectacle, and NASCAR Nation critically interrogates stockcar racing's ascendance into the upper-echelon of the North American sporting popular. While most contributions to the public discourse gloss over NASCAR's exclusively white racial identity politics, its underlying patriarchal gender politics, its overtly conservative political commitment, its hyper-Christian orthodoxy, and its omnipresent commercialism, this book connects the dots and critically analyzes the problematic nature of this non-natural, strategically-orchestrated sporting spectacle. |