American football and postmodernist theory are both objects of popular and scholarly interest that reveal remarkable sociological insights. Analysis of media-driven commercial football documents how narratives of sportsmanship/brutality, heroism/antiheroism, athleticism/self-indulgence, honor/chicanery, and chivalry/sexism compete and thrive.

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“This text presents a fascinating examination of its subject and offers an important contribution to our understanding of the role football plays in our culture and society. I recommend it to all academic readers interested in postmodernism or sports culture.” (Danielle Sarver Coombs, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 96 (2), 2019)

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University of Oklahoma, USA

Robert L. Kerr

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Robert Kerr is Edith Kinney Gaylord Presidential Professor at Gaylord College, University of Oklahoma, USA.

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Book Title: How Postmodernism Explains Football and Football Explains Postmodernism: The Billy Clyde Conundrum
Authors: Robert L. Kerr
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137534071
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-55588-5Published: 20 August 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-53407-1Published: 05 February 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 143
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Sociology of Culture, Popular Science in Sports, Cultural Studies, Regional and Cultural Studies, Media Research

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