Sport and Film
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2026
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2nd edition
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978-1-032-29483-4 (ISBN)
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Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, Sport and Film examines the social, cultural, historical and ideological significance of representations of sport in film around the world. It is an essential guide for all students and enthusiasts of sport, film, media and culture.
Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, Sport and Film examines the social, cultural, historical, and ideological significance of representations of sport in film around the world. It is an essential guide for all students and enthusiasts of sport, film, media, and culture.
This book traces the history of the sports film, from the beginnings of cinema in the 1890s, its consolidation as a distinct fiction genre in the mid‑1920s in Hollywood films such as Harold Lloyd’s The Freshman, to its contemporary manifestation in Oscar‑winning and nominated films such as Million Dollar Baby, The Fighter, and Creed. Drawing on an extensive range of films as source material, this book explores key issues in the study of sport, film, and wider society, including race, social class, gender, and national culture. It also offers an invaluable guide to ‘reading’ a film, to help students fully engage with their source material. This new edition also includes a new chapter on sport documentaries, a consideration of Russian sport cinema, new pedagogical features – including review questions, proposed projects, case studies, and definitions of key terms – to enhance the reader’s understanding, and a consideration of the significance of sport and sport cinema with regard to the election of businessman and media personality Donald Trump as President of the United States.
Comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible, this is an essential text for any course on sport media, and invaluable reading for general courses on sport and society, film studies, or cultural studies.
A dedicated website with further resources is available at sportandfilm.eu.
Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, Sport and Film examines the social, cultural, historical, and ideological significance of representations of sport in film around the world. It is an essential guide for all students and enthusiasts of sport, film, media, and culture.
This book traces the history of the sports film, from the beginnings of cinema in the 1890s, its consolidation as a distinct fiction genre in the mid‑1920s in Hollywood films such as Harold Lloyd’s The Freshman, to its contemporary manifestation in Oscar‑winning and nominated films such as Million Dollar Baby, The Fighter, and Creed. Drawing on an extensive range of films as source material, this book explores key issues in the study of sport, film, and wider society, including race, social class, gender, and national culture. It also offers an invaluable guide to ‘reading’ a film, to help students fully engage with their source material. This new edition also includes a new chapter on sport documentaries, a consideration of Russian sport cinema, new pedagogical features – including review questions, proposed projects, case studies, and definitions of key terms – to enhance the reader’s understanding, and a consideration of the significance of sport and sport cinema with regard to the election of businessman and media personality Donald Trump as President of the United States.
Comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible, this is an essential text for any course on sport media, and invaluable reading for general courses on sport and society, film studies, or cultural studies.
A dedicated website with further resources is available at sportandfilm.eu.
Seán Crosson is Associate Professor of Film in the Huston School of Film & Digital Media at the University of Galway, Ireland. He is leader of the Sport in European Cinema project (https://sportandfilm.eu).
Introduction: Why Sport and Film?
1 Reading the Sports Film
2 Early Cinema and the Emergence of the Sports Film
3 The Sports Film Genre
4 Race, Social Class, and the American Dream in the Sports Film: ‘Truths That Tell a Lie’
5 Gender and the Sports Film
6 The Sports Film, National Culture, and Identity
7 The Cinematic Sport Documentary
Conclusion: Trump 2.0 and the Contemporary Mainstream Sports Film
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 13.2.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Frontiers of Sport |
| Zusatzinfo | 1 Line drawings, black and white; 21 Halftones, black and white; 22 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 453 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-032-29483-3 / 1032294833 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-032-29483-4 / 9781032294834 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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