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Sports, narrative, and nation in the fiction of F. Scott Fitzgerald/ Jarom Lyle McDonald

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Routledge, c2007.Description: vii,159p. ; 24cmISBN:
  • 0415981336
  • 9780415981330
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 813.52 MCD/S
Contents:
Introduction : Fitzgerald, sport, and social interaction -- Ch. 1. "We are a very special country" : the narrativization of sport and the fiction of a classless nation -- Ch. 2. Gridiron paradise : Princetonian football, American class -- Ch. 3. "Idol of the whole body of young men" : football, heroes, and the performance of social status -- Ch. 4. "Perfunctory patriotism" : Tom Buchanan, Meyer Wolfshiem, and "America's game" -- Coda : of habitus and homecoming.
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General Books Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section 813.52 MCD/S (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available P14426
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-156) and index.

Introduction : Fitzgerald, sport, and social interaction -- Ch. 1. "We are a very special country" : the narrativization of sport and the fiction of a classless nation -- Ch. 2. Gridiron paradise : Princetonian football, American class -- Ch. 3. "Idol of the whole body of young men" : football, heroes, and the performance of social status -- Ch. 4. "Perfunctory patriotism" : Tom Buchanan, Meyer Wolfshiem, and "America's game" -- Coda : of habitus and homecoming.

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