Sports and Identity: New Agendas in Communication (New Agendas in Communication Series)

By: Barry Brummett and Andrew W. Ishak

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Synopsis: This volume of essays examines the ways in which sports have become a means for the communication of social identity in the United States. The essays included here explore the question, How is identity engaged in the performance and spectatorship of sports? Defining sports as the whole range of mediated professional sports, and considering actual participation in sports, the chapters herein address a varied range of ways in which sports as a cultural entity becomes a site for the creation and management of symbolic components of identity. Originating in the New Agendas in Communication symposium sponsored by the University of Texas College of Communication, this volume provides contemporary explorations of sports and identity, highlighting the perspectives of up-and-coming scholars and researchers. It has much to offer readers in communication, sociology of sport, human kinetics, and related areas.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781317918370
Related ISBNs:: 9781315852331, 9780415711913, 9780415711920, 9780415711920, 9780415711913
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 02/02/20
Copyrighted By:: Taylor
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Language Arts, Communication
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Barry Brummett
Edited by:: Andrew Ishak