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We are the champions : the politics of sports and popular music

Title
We are the champions : the politics of sports and popular music / Ken McLeod.
Author
McLeod, Ken, 1964-
Publication
Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2011.

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Description
x, 257 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
Covers the topic of sports and music from the ancient to the post-modern.
Series Statement
Ashgate popular and folk music series
Uniform Title
Ashgate popular and folk music series.
Alternative Title
Politics of sports and popular music
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-244) and index.
Contents
"Take me out to the ball game" : a brief history of music, sports, and competition -- "Let's get physical" : female identity, music and the fitness industry -- "Who let the dogs out?" : sports music, marketing crossover, and the business of performance enhancement -- "We will rock you" : sports anthems and hypermasculinity -- "It's a man's man's man's world" : constructing male identity in African American music and sports -- "Go west" : the integration of sports and music in constructing national and transnational identities -- "Gonna fly now" : visual media and the soundtrack of sports.
Call Number
JME 12-345
ISBN
  • 9781409408642 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 1409408647 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9781409431442 (ebk.) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2011004229
OCLC
700468579
Author
McLeod, Ken, 1964-
Title
We are the champions : the politics of sports and popular music / Ken McLeod.
Imprint
Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2011.
Series
Ashgate popular and folk music series
Ashgate popular and folk music series.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-244) and index.
Research Call Number
JME 12-345
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