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The institutional relationship between sport and the military
appears to be intensifying. In the US for example, which faced
global criticism for its foreign policy during the "war on terror,"
militaristic images are commonplace at sporting events. The growing
global phenomenon of conflating sport with war calls for closer
analysis. This critical, interdisciplinary and international book
seeks to identify intersections of sport and militarism as a means
to interrogate, interrupt and intervene on behalf of democratic,
peaceful politics. Viewing sport as a crucial site in which
militarism is made visible and legitimate, the book explores the
connections between sport, the military and the state, and their
consequent impact on wider culture. Featuring case studies on
sports such as association football, baseball and athletics from
countries including the US, UK, Germany, Canada, South Africa,
Brazil and Japan, each chapter sheds new light on the shifting
significance of sport in our society. This book is fascinating
reading for all those interested in sport and politics, the
sociology of sport, communication studies, the ethics and
philosophy of sport, or military sociology.
The institutional relationship between sport and the military
appears to be intensifying. In the US for example, which faced
global criticism for its foreign policy during the "war on terror,"
militaristic images are commonplace at sporting events. The growing
global phenomenon of conflating sport with war calls for closer
analysis. This critical, interdisciplinary and international book
seeks to identify intersections of sport and militarism as a means
to interrogate, interrupt and intervene on behalf of democratic,
peaceful politics. Viewing sport as a crucial site in which
militarism is made visible and legitimate, the book explores the
connections between sport, the military and the state, and their
consequent impact on wider culture. Featuring case studies on
sports such as association football, baseball and athletics from
countries including the US, UK, Germany, Canada, South Africa,
Brazil and Japan, each chapter sheds new light on the shifting
significance of sport in our society. This book is fascinating
reading for all those interested in sport and politics, the
sociology of sport, communication studies, the ethics and
philosophy of sport, or military sociology.
In this era of big media franchises, sports branding has crossed
platforms, so that the sport, its television broadcast, and its
replication in an electronic game are packaged and promoted as part
of the same fan experience. Editors Robert Alan Brookey and Thomas
P. Oates trace this development back to the unexpected success of
Atari's Pong in the 1970s, which provoked a flood of sport
simulation games that have had an impact on every sector of the
electronic game market. From golf to football, basketball to step
aerobics, electronic sports games are as familiar in the American
household as the televised sporting events they simulate. This book
explores the points of convergence at which gaming and sports
culture merge.
In this era of big media franchises, sports branding has crossed
platforms, so that the sport, its television broadcast, and its
replication in an electronic game are packaged and promoted as part
of the same fan experience. Editors Robert Alan Brookey and Thomas
P. Oates trace this development back to the unexpected success of
Atari's Pong in the 1970s, which provoked a flood of sport
simulation games that have had an impact on every sector of the
electronic game market. From golf to football, basketball to step
aerobics, electronic sports games are as familiar in the American
household as the televised sporting events they simulate. This book
explores the points of convergence at which gaming and sports
culture merge.
Democracy is venerated in US political culture, in part because it
is our democracy. As a result, we assume that the government and
institutions of the United States represent the true and right form
of democracy, needed by all. This volume challenges this
commonplace belief by putting US politics in the context of the
Americas more broadly. Seeking to cultivate conversations among and
between the hemispheres, this collection examines local political
rhetorics across the Americas. The contributors—scholars of
communication from both North and South America—recognize
democratic ideals as irreducible to a single national perspective
and reflect on the ways social minorities in the Western Hemisphere
engage in unique political discourses. The essays consider current
rhetorics in the United States on American exceptionalism,
immigration, citizenship, and land rights alongside current
cultural and political events in Latin America, such as corruption
in Guatemala, women’s activism in Ciudad Juárez, representation
in Venezuela, and media bias in Brazil. Through a survey of these
rhetorics, this volume provides a broad analysis of democracy. It
highlights institutional and cultural differences in the Americas
and presents a hemispheric democracy that is both more pluralistic
and more agonistic than what is believed about the system in the
United States. In addition to the editors, the contributors include
José Cortez, Linsay M. Cramer, Pamela Flores, Alberto González,
Amy N. Heuman, Christa J. Olson, Carlos Piovezani, Clara Eugenia
Rojas Blanco, Abraham Romney, René Agustín de los Santos, and
Alejandra Vitale.
Communication and Sport: Surveying the Field provides students with
an understanding of sports media, rhetoric, culture, and
organizations through an examination of a wide range of topics.
Authors Andrew C. Billings and Michael L. Butterworth address
everything from youth to amateur to professional sports through
varied lenses, including mythology, community, and identity. A
comprehensive focus on communication scholarship gives attention to
the ways that sports produce, maintain, or resist cultural
attitudes about race, gender, sexuality, class, and politics. The
Fourth Edition includes new interviews with prominent figures in
the field and new discussions on current events like the Black
Lives Matter movement and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Democracy is venerated in US political culture, in part because it
is our democracy. As a result, we assume that the government and
institutions of the United States represent the true and right form
of democracy, needed by all. This volume challenges this
commonplace belief by putting US politics in the context of the
Americas more broadly. Seeking to cultivate conversations among and
between the hemispheres, this collection examines local political
rhetorics across the Americas. The contributors—scholars of
communication from both North and South America—recognize
democratic ideals as irreducible to a single national perspective
and reflect on the ways social minorities in the Western Hemisphere
engage in unique political discourses. The essays consider current
rhetorics in the United States on American exceptionalism,
immigration, citizenship, and land rights alongside current
cultural and political events in Latin America, such as corruption
in Guatemala, women’s activism in Ciudad Juárez, representation
in Venezuela, and media bias in Brazil. Through a survey of these
rhetorics, this volume provides a broad analysis of democracy. It
highlights institutional and cultural differences in the Americas
and presents a hemispheric democracy that is both more pluralistic
and more agonistic than what is believed about the system in the
United States. In addition to the editors, the contributors include
José Cortez, Linsay M. Cramer, Pamela Flores, Alberto González,
Amy N. Heuman, Christa J. Olson, Carlos Piovezani, Clara Eugenia
Rojas Blanco, Abraham Romney, René Agustín de los Santos, and
Alejandra Vitale.
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