Sexual Sports Rhetoric
Author | : Linda K. Fuller |
Publisher | : Peter Lang |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2010 |
ISBN-10 | : 143310508X |
ISBN-13 | : 9781433105081 |
Rating | : 4/5 (081 Downloads) |
Download or read book Sexual Sports Rhetoric written by Linda K. Fuller and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2010 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sexual Sports Rhetoric: Historical and Media Contexts of Violence deals with controversies surrounding the notion of sport violence added to the equation of gender and language. Topics discussed range from hooliganism, spousal abuse, and racial and/or gender orientation issues to literary, televised, filmic and photographic (pornographic?) images of sports violence. The sports represented include ice hockey, stock car racing, football, body building, baseball, boxing, rugby, wrestling, and pool.