Sportsworld: An American Dreamland

by Robert Lipsyte

Book Overview

Tough and witty, SportsWorld is a well-known commentator's overview of the most significant form of mass culture in America--sports. It's a sweaty Oz that has grown in a century from a crucible for character to a complex of capitalism, a place where young people can find both self-fulfillment and cruel exploitation, where families can huddle in a sanctuary of entertainment and be force fed values and where cities and countries can be pillaged...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813593190
• ISBN13: 9780813593197
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.8" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher