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A former player in the National Football League and now a professor of English at Oregon State, Oriard advances the thesis that football is a cultural text, complete with metaphoric content and social context, read differently by people whose interpretations vary over time. He considers the formative years of the sport from the 1870s to the early years of this century, arguing that a reading of the popular press of that era helps us understand how actual audiences "read" the sport, based on the narrative structure established first by Walter Camp, who at the turn of the century was the Yale football team's "unofficial, unpaid, unquestioned chief mentor and arbiter," and subsequently expanded by other interpreters. An added attraction of this book is the three dozen-plus excellent illustrations, most from magazines like Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly . Because it is about football as a cultural and even a literary phenomenon, this study is unlikely to appeal to a general sports audience.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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The hype surrounding modern football is not new. The sport and popular newspapers and magazines grew up together in the late 19th century. Football, with its play-by-play format, was seemingly made for journalism. In this account by a former player, the game's early era (1876-1914) is reconstructed with original narratives and illustrations from the popular press. Oriard shows football's early evolution as a sport, pastime, science, and "definition of male identity." His is a scholarly book on a topic often ignored by the scholarly press. It can be recommended for libraries with collections in sports history and popular culture.
- Donald W. Maxwell, Stone Hills Lib. Network, Bloomington, Ind.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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A former player in the National Football League and now a professor of English at Oregon State, Oriard advances the thesis that football is a cultural text, complete with metaphoric content and social context, read differently by people whose interpretations vary over time. He considers the formative years of the sport from the 1870s to the early years of this century, arguing that a reading of the popular press of that era helps us understand how actual audiences "read" the sport, based on the narrative structure established first by Walter Camp, who at the turn of the century was the Yale football team's "unofficial, unpaid, unquestioned chief mentor and arbiter," and subsequently expanded by other interpreters. An added attraction of this book is the three dozen-plus excellent illustrations, most from magazines like Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly . Because it is about football as a cultural and even a literary phenomenon, this study is unlikely to appeal to a general sports audience.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
The hype surrounding modern football is not new. The sport and popular newspapers and magazines grew up together in the late 19th century. Football, with its play-by-play format, was seemingly made for journalism. In this account by a former player, the game's early era (1876-1914) is reconstructed with original narratives and illustrations from the popular press. Oriard shows football's early evolution as a sport, pastime, science, and "definition of male identity." His is a scholarly book on a topic often ignored by the scholarly press. It can be recommended for libraries with collections in sports history and popular culture.
- Donald W. Maxwell, Stone Hills Lib. Network, Bloomington, Ind.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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SOCIETIES, LIKE LIVES, CONTAIN THEIR OWN INTERPRETATIONS. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
scientific football, football reporting, individual brilliancy, low tackling, football science, football coverage, football writing, newspaper football, necessary roughness, reading football, rugby rules, intercollegiate game, football violence, intercollegiate football, catharsis theory, amateur spirit, amateur ideal, amateur sport, football contests, individual prowess, racial destiny, straight reporting, major contests Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Thanksgiving Day, Walter Camp, Police Gazette, Harper's Weekly, Caspar Whitney, Manhattan Field, New Haven, United States, Evening World, Polo Grounds, Intercollegiate Football Association, Hearst's Journal, North American Review, Richard Harding Davis, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly, Rugby Union, Spirit of the Times, The Book of Football, Winifred Black, Big Three, Football Girl, Laurie Bliss, Portland Oregonian, Berkeley Oval New!
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SOCIETIES, LIKE LIVES, CONTAIN THEIR OWN INTERPRETATIONS. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
scientific football, football reporting, individual brilliancy, low tackling, football science, football coverage, football writing, newspaper football, necessary roughness, reading football, rugby rules, intercollegiate game, football violence, intercollegiate football, catharsis theory, amateur spirit, amateur ideal, amateur sport, football contests, individual prowess, racial destiny, straight reporting, major contests Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Thanksgiving Day, Walter Camp, Police Gazette, Harper's Weekly, Caspar Whitney, Manhattan Field, New Haven, United States, Evening World, Polo Grounds, Intercollegiate Football Association, Hearst's Journal, North American Review, Richard Harding Davis, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly, Rugby Union, Spirit of the Times, The Book of Football, Winifred Black, Big Three, Football Girl, Laurie Bliss, Portland Oregonian, Berkeley Oval New!
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- Meanings for Manhood by Mark C. Carnes on 4 pages
- The Emergence of the American University by Laurence R. Veysey on 4 pages
- The Political Unconscious by Fredric Jameson on 4 pages
- Born for Liberty by Sara Evans in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- Deconstructing Sport History: A Postmodern Analysis (S U N Y Series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations) by Murray G. Phillips on 4 pages
- The Origins and Development of Professional Football, 1890-1920 (Garland Studies in American Popular History and Culture) by Marc S. Maltby in Front Matter, page 37, and Back Matter
- Football: The Ivy League Origins of an American Obsession by Mark F. Bernstein in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Making the American Team: Sport, Culture, and the Olympic Experience (Sport and Society) by Mark Dyreson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Ivory Towers and Nationalist Minds: Universities, Leadership, and the Development of the American State by Mark Richard Nemec in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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