Saying It's So

A Cultural History of the Black Sox Scandal

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

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The story of "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and his White Sox teammates purportedly conspiring with gamblers to throw the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds has lingered in our collective consciousness for a century. Daniel A. Nathan's wide-ranging history looks at how journalists, historians, novelists, filmmakers, and baseball fans have represented and remembered the scandal. Nathan's reflections on what these different cultural narratives reveal about their creators and eras shape a fascinating study of cultural values, memory, and the ways people make meaning.

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Utgivningsdatum2005-08-10
Mått152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt513 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSport and Society
Antal sidor304
FörlagUniversity of Illinois Press
ISBN9780252073137
UtmärkelserWinner of <DIV>North American Society for Sport History Book Award, 2003</DIV> 2003

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Winner of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Book Award, 2003. Winner of the North American Society for Sport History Book Award, 2003. A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2006. Named Book of the Year by both the North American Society for Sport History and the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport."Nathan's writing is completely accessible, his arguments sound, and his conclusions dead-on."--Chicago Tribune "Saying It's So is ambitious in its reach, well-researched, and clearly written. The range of texts it considers is impressive and important, and its readings of individual texts are invariably engaging."--Michael Oriard, author of Sporting with the Gods: The Rhetoric of Play and Game in American Literature