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Sporting lives : metaphor and myth in American sports autobiographies
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Title
Sporting lives : metaphor and myth in American sports autobiographies / James W. Pipkin.
ISBN
9780826217790 (alk. paper)
0826217796 (alk. paper)
Published
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2008.
Physical Description
ix, 161 p. ; 24 cm.
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.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 31, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-155) and index.
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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