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" The sports film : "
Bruce Babington
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BL
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625728
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dltt
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Babington, Bruce
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| Title & Author
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The sports film : : games people play /\ Bruce Babington
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| Series Statement
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Short cuts: introductions to film studies ;; 53
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123 pages :: illustrations ;; 20 cm
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| ISBN
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0231169655
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: 9780231169653
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| Notes
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A Wallflower Press Book
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-117) and index
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| Contents
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Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Start of Play; 1 Dominant Presences: One; 2 Dominant Presences: Two; 3 Four Major Sports Films; Chariots of Fire; Field of Dreams; Lagaan; Any Given Sunday; Filmography; Bibliography; Index
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| Abstract
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After covering the genre's early history and theorizing its general characteristics, this volume then focuses on specific instances of sports films, such as the biopic, the sports history film, the documentary, the fan film, the boxing film, and explores issues such as gender, race, spectacle and silent comedy
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Sports films-- History and criticism
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PN1995.9.S67B33 2014
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