Sports films are popular forms of entertainment around the
world, but beyond simply amusing audiences, they also reveal much
about class, race, gender, sexuality, and national identity. In
All-Stars and Movie Stars, Ron Briley, Michael K. Schoenecke, and
Deborah A. Carmichael explore the interplay between sports films
and critical aspects of our culture, examining them as both
historical artifacts and building blocks of ideologies, values, and
stereotypes. The book covers not only Hollywood hits such as Field
of Dreams and Miracle but also documentaries such as The Journey of
the African American Athlete and international cinema, such as the
German film The Miracle of Bern. The book also explores television
coverage of sports, commenting on the relationship of media to golf
and offering a new perspective on the culture and politics behind
the depictions of the world's most popular pastimes. The first part
of the book addresses how sports films represent the cultural
events, patterns, and movements of the times in which they were
set, as well as the effect of the media and athletic industry on
the athletes themselves. Latham Hunter examines how the baseball
classic The Natural reflects traditional ideas about gender,
heroism, and nation, and Harper Cossar addresses how the production
methods used in televised golf affect viewers. The second section
deals with issues such as the growth of women's involvement in
athletics, sexual preference in the sports world, and the
ever-present question of race by looking at sports classics such as
Rocky, Hoosiers, and A League of Their Own. Finally, the authors
address the historical and present-day role sports play in the
international and political arena by examining such films as
Visions of Eight and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.
This important and unique collection illuminates the prominent role
that sports play in society and how that role is reflected in film.
Analysis of the depiction of sports in film and television provides
a deeper understanding of the appeal that sports hold for people
worldwide and of the forces behind the historic and cultural
traditions linked to sports.
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