America's Son
America’s Son
Andre Agassi
athlete
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Black Athlete
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celebrity culture analysis
cricket
Cricket Hero
cultural impact of sporting fame
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Ernie Dingo
gender politics in sports
grand
Grand Slam
Grand Slam Singles Title
Gretzky
hingis
indian
Japanese Baseball
Javed Miandad
Kipchoge Keino
martina
Martina Hingis
media representation in sport
national
NBA
PGA Tour
Pop Star
postcolonial athlete studies
racial identity in athletics
slam
Sport Celebrityhood
sports sociology research
Tiger Woods
Tournament Officials
UK Football
Wayne Gretzky
west
West Germany
West Indies Cricket
West Indies Cricket Board
West Indies Team
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780415221191
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 26 Jul 2001
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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In a culture obsessed with celebrity, sportmen and women are some of the highest profile figures. We are fascinated by sport stars' lifestyles, love lives, and earning power. Sport Stars investigates the nature of contemporary sporting celebrity, examining stars' often turbulent relationships with the media, and with the sporting establishment.
Through a series of case studies of sporting stars, including Diego Maradona, Michael Jordan, Venus Williams and David Beckham, contributors examine the cultural, political, economic and technological forces which combine to produce sporting celebrity, and consider the ways in which these most public of individuals inform and influence private experience.
David L. Andrews is an Associate Professor of Sport and Cultural Studies in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Maryland at College Park and a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at De Montfort University, Bedford.
Steven J. Jackson is Senior Lecturer in Sport and Leisure Studies in the School of Physical Education at the University of Otago, New Zealand.
