Katharina Bonzel

National Pastimes

Cinema, Sports, and Nation

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Katharina Bonzel unravels the delicate matrix of national identity, sports, and emotion through the lens of popular sports films in comparative national contexts.    

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781496215529
• ISBN-10: 1496215524
• Artikelnr.: 55777165

Autorenporträt

Katharina Bonzel is a lecturer in screen studies at the Australian National University. She is the coeditor of Representations of Sports Coaches in Film: Looking to Win.  

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. “Let Us Praise Famous Men”: Creating Myth and Memory in Chariots of Fire
2. Unifying Germany: The Miracle of Bern and National Identity
3. Anxious in America: Rocky Balboa and the American Dream
4. Small Towns, Big Dreams: American Pastoral, Race, and the Sports Film
5. Gendering the Nation: The “Hero Other” in Sports Films
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index