Palgrave Macmillan - Contesting Performance Global Sites Of Research - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Sport Spectacle and Nascar Nation critically examines the complex intersections of sport consumer culture and contemporary U. S. politics. Based on extensive ethnographic research the authors give a firsthand account of Nascar's recent ascent into the North American sporting mainstream. Along the way they explore the unique bond between Nascar and conservative U. S. political movementsand their various Southern Christian militaristic freemarket alignments. Sport Spectacle and Nascar Nation is a must read for students and scholars in cultural studies sport studies education sociology and political sciences as well as those interested in promoting a less divisive sporting future.
Title: Contesting Performance Global Sites Of Research
Brand: Palgrave Macmillan
Barcode: 9781137011183
Pages: 261 Pages, Xix, 261 P.
Publication Date: 11/18/2009
Series: Performance Interventions
Category: The Environment