Sporting Realities
Critical Readings of the Sports Documentary
By Samantha N. Sheppard, Travis Vogan | Publisher: Nebraska
About the book
Despite the increasing number of popular and celebrated sports documentaries in contemporary culture, such as ESPN’s 30 for 30 series, there has been little scholarly engagement with this genre. Sports documentaries, like all films, do not merely showcase objective reality but rather construct specific versions of sporting culture that serve distinct economic, industrial, institutional, historical, and sociopolitical ends ripe for criticism, contextualization, and exploration.
Sporting Realities brings together a diverse group of scholars to probe the sports documentary’s cultural meanings, aesthetic practices, industrial and commercial dimensions, and political contours across historical, social, medium-specific, and geographic contexts. It considers and critiques the sports documentary’s visible and powerful position in contemporary culture and forges novel connections between the study of nonfiction media and sport.
Editions of Sporting Realities
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781496217578
- EBook
- ISBN 9781496222459
- EBook
- ISBN 9781496222466
- EBook
- ISBN 9781496222473
Read an Excerpt
Despite the increasing number of popular and celebrated sports documentaries in contemporary culture, such as ESPN’s 30 for 30 series, there has been little scholarly engagement with this genre. Sports documentaries, like all films, do not merely showcase objective reality but rather construct specific versions of sporting culture that serve distinct economic, industrial, institutional, historical, and sociopolitical ends ripe for criticism, contextualization, and exploration.
Sporting Realities brings together a diverse group of scholars to probe the sports documentary’s cultural meanings, aesthetic practices, industrial and commercial dimensions, and political contours across historical, social, medium-specific, and geographic contexts. It considers and critiques the sports documentary’s visible and powerful position in contemporary culture and forges novel connections between the study of nonfiction media and sport.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Sporting Realities about?
Despite the increasing number of popular and celebrated sports documentaries in contemporary culture, such as ESPN’s 30 for 30 series, there has been little scholarly engagement with this genre. Sports documentaries, like all films, do not merely showcase objective reality but rather construct specific versions of sporting culture that serve distinct economic, industrial, institutional, historical, and sociopolitical ends ripe for criticism, contextualization, and exploration.
Sporting Realities brings together a diverse group of scholars to probe the sports documentary’s cultural meanings, aesthetic practices, industrial and commercial dimensions, and political contours across historical, social, medium-specific, and geographic contexts. It considers and critiques the sports documentary’s visible and powerful position in contemporary culture and forges novel connections between the study of nonfiction media and sport.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Sporting Realities?
Sports and Active outdoor recreation > Sport: general > History of sport
Where can I read a sample of Sporting Realities?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781496217578
Is Sporting Realities part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Sports, Media, and Society
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Sporting Realities?
Samantha N. Sheppard, Travis Vogan
Who is the Publisher of the book Sporting Realities?
Nebraska
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Sporting Realities is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781496217578) and ebook(ISBN 9781496222459) and ebook(ISBN 9781496222466) and ebook(ISBN 9781496222473)
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