Sport and Film

ISBN-13: 9780415569927 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 216 str.

Sean Crosson

Opis

The sports film has become one of commercial cinema's most recognizable genres. From classic boxing films such as Raging Bull (1980) to soccer-themed box-office successes like Bend it Like Beckham (2002), the sports film stands at the interface of two of our most important cultural forms. This book examines the social, historical and ideological significance of representations of sport in film internationally, an essential guide for all students and enthusiasts of sport, film, media and culture.

Spis treści

Introduction: Why Sport and Film?  Chapter 1: Reading the Sports Film  Chapter 2: Early Cinema and the Emergence of the Sports Film  Chapter 3: The Sports Film Genre  Chapter 4: ‘Truths that tell a lie’: Race, Social Class and the American Dream in the Sports Film  Chapter 5: Gender and the Sports Film  Chapter 6: The Sports Film, National Culture and Identity  Conclusion: 9/11 and the Contemporary Mainstream Sports Film

O autorze

Seán Crosson is Programme Director of the MA in Film Studies: Theory and Practice in the Huston School of Film & Digital Media at NUI, Galway, Ireland. He has published widely on film, focusing in particular in recent years on the representation of sport in film. His previous publications include (as co-editor) thecollection Sport, Representation and Evolving Identities in Europe (Peter Lang, 2010) and a special issue of Media History journal on 'Sport and the Media in Ireland' (2011).