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Author McLeod, Ken, 1964-

Title We are the champions : the politics of sports and popular music / Ken McLeod.

Publication Info. Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2011]
©2011

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 Talbott: Circulating Collection  ML3916 .M38 2011    Available  ---
Description x, 257 pages ; 24 cm.
Series Ashgate popular and folk music series
Ashgate popular and folk music series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents "Take me out to the ball game" : a brief history of music, sports, and competition -- "Let's get physical" : female identity, music and the fitness industry -- "Who let the dogs out?" : sports music, marketing crossover, and the business of performance enhancement -- "We will rock you" : sports anthems and hypermasculinity -- "It's a man's man's man's world" : constructing male identity in African American music and sports -- "Go west" : the integration of sports and music in constructing national and transnational identities -- "Gonna fly now" : visual media and the soundtrack of sports.
Subject Music and sports.
Music and sports.
Popular music -- Social aspects.
Popular music -- Social aspects.
Popular music.
Sports in popular culture.
Sports in popular culture.
ISBN 9781409408642 hardcover alkaline paper
1409408647 hardcover alkaline paper
9781409431442 e-book