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We are the champions : the politics of sports and popular music
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- Summary
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Covers the topic of sports and music from the ancient to the post-modern.
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- Creator
- Ken McLeod
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2011]
- ©2011
- Physical Details
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- x, 257 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781409408642, 1409408647, 9781409431442
- OCLC
- ocn700468579
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-244) and index.
- "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