The Baseball Film : : A Cultural and Transmedia History / / Aaron Baker.
Baseball has long been viewed as the Great American Pastime, so it is no surprise that the sport has inspired many Hollywood films and television series. But how do these works depict the game, its players, fans, and place in American society? This study offers an extensive look at nearly one hundre...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Screening Sports
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (206 p.) :; 12 b-w images |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: The Baseball Film—Nostalgia and Innovation
- 1. Hollywood Baseball Films: Nostalgic White Masculinity or the National Pastime?
- 2. The Business of Baseball
- 3. Screening Who Gets to Play
- 4. The Glocalized Game
- 5. Fanball
- 6. Learning the Game
- Conclusion: The Show for the Thinking Fan and Going Online
- List of Baseball Films and Television Shows
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author