A riotous excursion through the contemporary sportscape. Genosko's exhilarating approach employs an idiosyncratic mix of cultural studies, contemporary theory, and a lifetime of collection sports cards as he celebrates the heroic amateurs and the radical losers, from poolside to nationhood, bodybuilding to swimsuit magazines, hockey and bike messengers. A collection of short, sharp and sweet essays that owe more than a touch to that other fine sportswriter, Eduardo Galeano.
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Gary Genosko is an independent writer, editor and cultural critic. He is the author of McLuhan and Baudrillard:The Masters of Implosion (Routledge 1999), Undisciplined Theory (Sage 1998), and Baudrillard and Signs: Signification Ablaze (Routledge 1994); and the editor of The Guattari Reader (Blackwell 1996), among other works. He teaches social and political theory at Lakehead University, and has written extensively on the life and work of activist-intellectual Félix Guattari.
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New York, San Francisco, God's Gym, Critical Mass, Mars Bar, Mercury Rising, San Diego, Eduardo Galeano, Alton White, Hockey Hall of Fame, Jackie Robinson, Village Voice, While Davis, Ben Johnson, Hockey Night, The Great Hall, Mickey Mouse, Sammy Sal, Raging Bull, Daniel Gawthrop, Jack Johnson Browse Sample Pages:
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philosopher and social critic, Max Horkheimer, once quipped that far from having led to its downfall, toothpaste had become metaphysics. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
end zone, pension society, swimsuit issue Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, San Francisco, God's Gym, Critical Mass, Mars Bar, Mercury Rising, San Diego, Eduardo Galeano, Alton White, Hockey Hall of Fame, Jackie Robinson, Village Voice, While Davis, Ben Johnson, Hockey Night, The Great Hall, Mickey Mouse, Sammy Sal, Raging Bull, Daniel Gawthrop, Jack Johnson Browse Sample Pages:
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