We are the champions
Subtitle: the politics of sports and popular music
By: Ken McLeod
Series: Ashgate popular and folk music series; Ashgate popular and folk music series
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9781409408642; 9781409431442
Subjects: Social aspects; Sports in popular culture; Music and sports; Popular music; History and criticism
Other titles: Politics of sports and popular music
Description: Covers the topic of sports and music from the ancient to the post-modern.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-244) and index.
Table of contents: title: "Take me out to the ball game" : a brief history of music, sports, and competition; title: "Let's get physical" : female identity, music and the fitness industry; title: "Who let the dogs out?" : sports music, marketing crossover, and the business of performance enhancement; title: "We will rock you" : sports anthems and hypermasculinity; title: "It's a man's man's man's world" : constructing male identity in African American music and sports; title: "Go west" : the integration of sports and music in constructing national and transnational identities; title: "Gonna fly now" : visual media and the soundtrack of sports.