Sport, Spectacle, and NASCAR Nation Consumption and the Cultural Politics of Neoliberalism

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 patriarcha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Newman, Joshua I. (-)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (-)
Otros Autores: Giardina, Michael D, autor (autor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan 2011.
Colección:Education, Politics, and Public Life.
Springer eBooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:XIII, 288 p.
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780230338081