UID:
almahu_9949701867302882
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9789004541351
Series Statement:
Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences ;
Content:
Sports Semiotics applies semiotics (and other disciplines, secondarily) to analyse the social, cultural, economic and psychological significance of sports. It includes a primer on semiotic theory, sections on the analysis of wrestling by Roland Barthes in his book Mythologies , as well as sections on football and the sacred, the Super Bowl, and the semiotics of televised baseball.
Note:
Contents -- List of Figures -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1 A Primer on Semiotics -- 2 Roland Barthes on Professional Wrestling -- 3 Baseball: Threes, Fours, and Exclusions -- 4 Fenway Park -- 5 Football and the Sacred -- 6 The Semiotics of Televised Baseball -- 7 The Super Bowl -- 8 Football: Semiotics, Psyche and Society -- 9 Coda -- Acknowledgments -- Reference.
,
English
Additional Edition:
Print version: Sports Semiotics. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2023. ISBN 9789004541344
Language:
English
