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Nike Culture

The Sign of the Swoosh

Robert Goldman Stephen Papson

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English
SAGE Publications Inc
29 December 1998
This book is one of the first to take an in-depth look at how an advertising image works. It situates the Nike swoosh logo in terms of political economy, sociology, culture and semiotics. Nike Culture describes and deconstructs the themes and structures of Nike's advertising, outlines the

contradictions between image and practice, and explores the logic of the sign economy.

In addition, by focusing on issues revolving around representations of race, class and gender, the desire for both community and recognition, and the construction of sport as a spiritual enterprise, the book offers insights into the cultural contradictions embedded in sports culture.

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Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Edition:   1
Dimensions:   Height: 240mm,  Width: 199mm,  Spine: 18mm
Weight:   630g
ISBN:   9780761961482
ISBN 10:   0761961488
Series:   Cultural Icons series
Pages:   208
Publication Date:  
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Primary ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for Nike Culture: The Sign of the Swoosh

"`This book is likely to be useful for a range of undergraduate courses, particularly related to sport or the media. It holds the promise of illustrating some key aspects of social and cultural theory in a familiar, even infamous, context: Nike′ - Sport, Education and Society ""The book is likely to stimulate a wide range of classroom discussions about the impact, both positive and negative, of advertising in our society.""  * Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly * ""In ‘Nike Culture,’ part of the Sage ‘Core Cultural Icons’ series, Robert Goldman and Stephen Papson provide a fascinating deconstructive take on the television advertising strategies of that most successful of sportswear brands, Nike. The book ‘Nike Culture’ is packed fullof textual analysis. Paga after page is saturated with the pursuit of discursive regimes as the authors admirably struggle throughout complex praxes of Nike’s intertextuality. This book’s drive, its strength, comes from the identification of ‘the swoosh’ as the constant—that which can be printed down of Nike’s complex and transforming advertising approach.""  * Sociological Research Online *"


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