Title: More than cricket and football : international sport and the challenge of celebrity /
Authors: Rosen, Joel Nathan, 1961-; Smith, Maureen Margaret, 1967-
Year: 2016
Subjects: Sports and globalization Case studies.; Sports in popular culture Case studies.; Athletes Public opinion Case studies.; Fame Social aspects Case studies.; Athletes Biography; Athletes; Athletes Public opinion; Fame Social aspects.; Sports and globalization; Sports in popular culture
Contents: Foreword : international sport in Context / Roberta J. Park -- Introduction : drawing a new map of the world in sport / Joel Nathan Rosen and Maureen M. Smith -- Suzanne Lenglen : liberated woman, French revolutionary, or both? / Nancy E. Spencer -- Valentino Rossi : a uniquely British look at an Italian motorsport legend / Sean Bell -- Andy Murray : savior from outside the margins / Lisa Doris Alexander and Dan Travis -- The interaction of personal, local, and global forces : Yao Ming's rise and sustained influence in Chinese sport / Dong Jinxia, Zhong Yijing, and Li Luyang -- Duke Kahanamoku : racialized colonization and the exoticization of aquatic royalty / Joel S. Franks -- Chad Rowan : ritual, religion, and one American's pitch-perfect performance inside Japan's Hall of National Sport / Mark Panek -- From out of the shadows of invisibility : Brazilian women's football and the pioneering figure of Marta / Claudia Samuel Kessler and Silvana Vilodre Goellner -- The many faces of Samuel Eto?o Fils : (re)solving an irascible persona / Benn L. Bongang -- Murali and Sanga : forging identity and pride through cricket in a small island nation / Gamage Harsha Perera and Tim B. Swartz -- Grete Waitz : the art of hurrying slowly / Theresa Walton-Fisette -- Rodney Marsh : the making of a maverick footballer / Dominic Standish -- Ayrton Senna : the legacy of a global racing icon / Viral Shah -- Katarina Witt : the many faces of a showcase athlete / Annette R. Hofmann -- Afterword : the wide worlds of sport text / Jack Lule.