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The Baseball Film - A Cultural and Transmedia History (Hardcover)
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The Baseball Film - A Cultural and Transmedia History (Hardcover)
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Baseball has long been viewed as the Great American Pastime, so it
is no surprise that the sport has inspired many Hollywood films and
television series. But how do these works depict the game, its
players, fans, and place in American society? Â This study
offers an extensive look at nearly one hundred years of
baseball-themed movies, documentaries, and TV shows. Film and
sports scholar Aaron Baker examines works like A League of
their Own (1992) and Sugar (2008), which
dramatize the underrepresented contributions of female and
immigrant players, alongside classic baseball movies like The
Natural that are full of nostalgia for a time when
native-born white men could use the game to achieve the American
dream. He further explores how biopics have both mythologized and
demystified such legendary figures as Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Lou
Gehrig, Jackie Robinson and Fernando Valenzuela. Â The
Baseball Film charts the variety of ways that Hollywood
presents the game as integral to American life, whether showing
little league as a site of parent-child bonding or depicting
fans’ lifelong love affairs with their home teams. Covering
everything from Bull Durham (1988) to The
Bad News Bears (1976), this book offers an essential look at
one of the most cinematic of all sports.
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