Fallen Sports Heroes, Media, & Celebrity Culture.cLawrence A. Wenner
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Author: Lawrence A. Wenner
Page Count: 381 pages
Published Date: 31 Mar 2013
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Publication Country: New York, United States
Language: English
Format: Pdf
ISBN: 9781433112997
File Name: Fallen.Sports.Heroes,.Media,.&.Celebrity.Culture.pdf
Download Link: Fallen Sports Heroes, Media, & Celebrity Culture
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Fallen Sports Heroes, Media, and Celebrity Culture focuses on the increasingly ubiquitous phenomenon whereby notable figures from the sporting world fall from grace in full public view on the main stages of media. While such falls are of remarkably varied character, they fuel questions about the role of the sports hero, the co-mingling of sport and celebrity culture, and the changing nature of moral fault lines in contemporary society. In examining the hero to villain arc" of sport celebrity, this volume features leading scholars from the fields of media, sport, and cultural studies who bring diverse vantage points to understanding how contemporary sport celebrities become heroes and gain fame and then fall precipitously from grace through a variety of sporting offenses.
The sagas of star athletes as well as coaches and sportscasters are examined running the gamut from substance abuse (from performance-enhancing and recreational drugs to alcoholism) to sexual improprieties (from bad sexual manners to sexual assault to sex addiction to homophobia to questions over verification of sex) to routine thuggery (aimed not only at opponents but seen in extracurricular gun play and dogfighting) to questionable politics (demonstrating loyalties ranging from good nationalism to bad). The intriguing analyses featured here make us think about our cultural preoccupation with sports, the prospects for finding heroes in celebrity culture, and the moral complexities that are engaged as sport heroes fall and sometimes rise again redeemed.
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