Fwd: Listmember book announcement: SPORT AND FILM (Routledge 2013)

From: Crosson, Sean <[email protected]>

The sports film has become one of commercial cinema's most recognizable
genres. From classic boxing films such as Raging Bull (1980) to
soccer-themed box-office successes like Bend it Like Beckham (2002), the
sports film stands at the interface of two of our most important cultural
forms. This book examines the social, historical and ideological
significance of representations of sport in film internationally, tracing
the history of the sports film, from the beginnings of cinema in the 1890s,
its consolidation as a distinct fiction genre in the mid 1920s in Hollywood
films such as Harold Lloyd's The Freshman (1925), to its contemporary
manifestation in Oscar-winning films such as Million Dollar Baby (2004) and
The Fighter (2010). Drawing on an extensive range of films as source
material, the book explores key issues in the study of sport, film and
wider society, including race, social class, gender and the legacy of 9/11.
It also offers an invaluable guide to 'reading' a film, to help students
fully engage with their source material.

Table of Contents:
Introduction: Why Sport and Film? Chapter 1: Reading the Sports Film
Chapter 2: Early Cinema and the Emergence of the Sports Film Chapter 3: The
Sports Film Genre Chapter 4: 'Truths that tell a lie': Race, Social Class
and the American Dream in the Sports Film Chapter 5: Gender and the Sports
Film Chapter 6: The Sports Film, National Culture and Identity Conclusion:
9/11 and the Contemporary Mainstream Sports Film

Sport and Film will be launched by Dr. Philip Dine on Monday, 29 April at
5.30pm in the Huston School of Film & Digital Media, NUI Galway, and all
are welcome. Further information, including ordering details, is available
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Seán Crosson is Programme Director of the MA in Film Studies: Theory and
Practice in the Huston School of Film & Digital Media at NUI Galway,
Ireland. He has published widely on film, focusing in particular in recent
years on the representation of sport in film. His previous publications
include (as co-editor) the collection Sport, Representation and Evolving
Identities in Europe (Peter Lang, 2010) and a special issue of Media
History journal on 'Sport and the Media in Ireland' (2011).

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Ken Nolley
Professor of English and Film Studies
Willamette University
Salem, OR 97301
Phone:  503-370-6280
Fax:  503-370-6944

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