The sports immortals : deifying the American athlete / Peter Williams.
The sports immortals : deifying the American athlete / Peter Williams.
The sports immortals : deifying the American athlete / Peter Williams.
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Bowling Green, OH : Bowling Green State University Popular Press, c1994.
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N796.0973/14
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English
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Physical content
170 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. 1. The Theoretical Foundation -- Introduction: Psychologists and Other Social Scientists. Ch. 1. The Archetypes of Human Myth. Ch. 2. Localized Archetypes -- Pt. 2. The Application of Theory to Sport. Ch. 3. The Archetypes of Sport. Ch. 4. Localized Sports Archetypes -- Pt. 3. The Application of...
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Publisher
Bowling Green, OH : Bowling Green State University Popular Press, c1994.
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Ohio
Date Published
c1994.
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The Sports Immortals is the first serious and scholarly attempt to explain the psychology of hero-worship in sport. While others (most notably Michael Oriard) have studied the heroes and villains of sports literature, this book is the first study of the very similar creation of gods and demi-gods in the arenas of real games.
After presenting as groundwork an overview of the classic theorists - seminal thinkers such as Jung, Rank, Frazer, Jessie Weston, and Ernest Becker - The Sports Immortals goes on to show how the sports public creates heroes and villains in precisely the same way the Greeks filled Olympus with archetypal deities. It shows why Babe Ruth was a hero an...
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The sports immortals : deifying the American athlete / Peter Williams.
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Sports and culture.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-161) and index.
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c1994.
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N796.0973/14
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9780879726690
0879726695
9780879726706 (pbk.)
0879726709 (pbk.)
9780879726706 (pbk)
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796.0973/14
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991002687189702626
