Contesting Performance: Global Sites of Research

by C.J.W.-L Wee, Jon McKenzie, Heike Roms

Sport, Spectacle, and NASCAR Nation critically examines the complex intersections of sport, consumer culture, and contemporary U.S. politics. Based on extensive ethnographic research, the authors give a firsthand account of NASCAR's recent ascent into the North American sporting mainstream. Along the way, they explore the unique bond between NASCAR and conservative U.S. political movementsand their various Southern, Christian, militaristic, freemarket...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137011181
• ISBN13: 9781137011183
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 261 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"