Description |
1 online resource (ix, 161 pages). |
Series |
Sports and American culture series |
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Sports and American culture series.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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. |
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. |
Note |
Print version record. |
Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
Subject |
Athletes -- United States -- Biography.
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Autobiographies -- United States.
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Sports -- United States -- Biography.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Sports.
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Athletes. (OCoLC)fst00820027
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Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst00822593
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Sports. (OCoLC)fst01130432
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Selbstdarstellung.
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Sportler.
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United States.
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Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Other Form: |
Print version: Pipkin, James W., 1944- Sporting lives. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2008 (DLC) 2007042564 |
ISBN |
9780826266415 (electronic bk.) |
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082626641X (electronic bk.) |
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