This book rethinks the discussion of sport as a cinematic subject. Arguing for the vitality of the sports film as distinctively ‘modern’ genre, the book looks at its innovative potential to capture twentieth- and twenty-first-century sport in all its complexity.
Written in an accessible style and illustrated throughout, the book integrates work and ideas from film studies with thinking from sports psychology, philosophy, data theory and ecocriticism. In its detailed analyses of a wide-ranging group of films, the book shows how film, from fictional works to biopics to experimental documentaries, can illuminate individual sporting experience, as well as sport’s wider place in modern life.
By:
Neil Archer Series edited by:
Lawrence A. Wenner, Andrew C. Billings, Marie Hardin Imprint: Peter Lang Publishing Inc Country of Publication: United States Edition: New edition Volume: 11 Dimensions:
Height: 225mm,
Width: 150mm,
Weight: 430g ISBN:9781636677958 ISBN 10: 1636677959 Series:Communication, Sport, and Society Pages: 236 Publication Date:31 May 2024 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Neil Archer is Senior Lecturer in Film at Keele University (UK). He is the author of eight previous books, including Twenty-First-Century Hollywood: Rebooting the System (2019) and The Social Network: Youth Film 2.0 (2022).