Football and American Identity

ISBN-13: 9780789025265 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 294 str.

Gerhard Falk

Opis

Falk (sociology, State University College of New York) explores the social conditions and cultural implications of American football, and discovers that, football is the essence of the American spirit which has made the United States the leader of the world. He examines the college football athlete and coach, football as a profession, the psychol

Spis treści

• Preface
  
• Introduction
  
• Chapter 1. The School and American Football
  
• The Social Psychology of Football
  
• The Academic Achievements of Football Players and Other Athletes
  
• Children’s Football
  
• Football and Aggression
  
• Death and Injury on the Playing Field
  
• Football As an Alternative Status System
  
• Summary
  
• Chapter 2. College Football—The Professionals’ Minor League
  
• Football Develops a Subculture
  
• Recruiting College Football Players
  
• Money and Greed—The College Football Business
  
• The Race Issue in College Football
  
• Who Plays College Football?
  
• The College Football Coach—Role Model for All Seasons
  
• Football Injuries and Football Deaths
  
• Cheerleaders
  
• Summary
  
• Chapter 3. Football As a Profession
  
• A Brief History of Professional Football
  
• The Coming of Television
  
• Race and the NFL
  
• Football Fanatics
  
• The Domestic Lives of Football Players
  
• Professional Football Players As Victims
  
• Professional Football and Social Class
  
• Summary
  
• Chapter 4. Football and Social Stratification
  
• The Status of Football Players
  
• Wealth, Income, and the Football Business
  
• Race and Football: A “Mixed Marriage”
  
• The Jewish Football Experience
  
• Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Texas: Mothers of American Football
  
• Gender and Sexual Orientation
  
• Retired Football Players
  
• Summary
  
• Chapter 5. They Also Serve
  
• Coaches
  
• Scouts
  
• Trainers
  
• Officials
  
• Cheerleaders
  
• Football Doctors, Injuries, and Drugs
  
• General Managers
  
• Owners
  
• Summary
  
• Chapter 6. Fanatics
  
• The Football Hall of Fans
  
• Female Football Fans
  
• The Football Culture
  
• Regional and Generational Differences Among Football Fans
  
• The Tailgate Party and the Football Diet
  
• In Groups and Out Groups
  
• Fan Violence
  
• Fantasy Football
  
• The Influence of Gender on Human Contact
  
• Catharsis
  
• Summary
  
• Chapter 7. Football and the Media
  
• Announcers and Analysts
  
• Football and the Written Word—Print Journalism Supports the Game
  
• Women Enter the Locker Room
  
• Magazines
  
• Football Books
  
• Football in Film
  
• Football Songs and Lyrics
  
• Football Jokes
  
• Summary
  
• Chapter 8. The Football Business
  
• Money, Money Everywhere
  
• Film Production
  
• Advertising
  
• Merchandise
  
• Contract Advisers/Agents
  
• Lawyers
  
• Stadium Construction Profits
  
• Gambling
  
• Small Business Contracts
  
• Summary
  
• Chapter 9. Crime and American Football
  
• The Benedict-Yaeger Research
  
• Felonies and Misdemeanors: The Football Culture of Crime
  
• Super Bowl XXXIV
  
• Understanding Criminality Among Football Players
  
• Gambling and Drugs
  
• The Sociology of Crime
  
• Summary
  
• Chapter 10. The National Football League
  
• Football Politics and the South
  
• College Football Politics
  
• The Commissioners
  
• The NFL Machine
  
• Urban Warfare
  
• The International NFL
  
• From Football to Politics
  
• The NFL Community
  
• Summary
  
• Epilogue
  
• Notes
  
• Index
  

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