The Power of Sports: Media and Spectacle in American Culture

by Michael Serazio

Book Overview

A provocative, must-read investigation that both appreciates the importance of--and punctures the hype around--big-time contemporary American athletics

In an increasingly secular, fragmented, and distracted culture, nothing brings Americans together quite like sports. On Sundays in September, more families worship at the altar of the NFL than at any church. This appeal, which cuts across all demographic and ideological lines, makes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479887315
• ISBN13: 9781479887316
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.1"