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Book SynopsisTrade Review“In this sharply written and impressive book, Branden Buehler provides compelling new insights into the social, cultural, and visual consequences of sports media’s preoccupation with managerialism, financialization, and quantification. A vital and necessary work, this sophisticated account of managerial sports media is a must-read for all sports, film, and media scholars.”--Samantha N. Sheppard, author of
Sporting Blackness: Race, Embodiment, and Critical Muscle Memory on ScreenTable of ContentsPreface: Sporting Fantasies
Acknowledgments
Introduction: “The Age of the General Manager”
- The Managerial American Dream: The Administrative Fantasies of Managerial Sports Films
- “He’s looking like a depressed asset”: The Financial Logics of Managerial Sports Talk
- Datavisuality: The Quantified Aesthetic of Managerial Sports Television
- White-Collar Play: Managerial Sports Games and the Modeling of Neoliberal Capitalism
Conclusion: The Banality of Managerial Sports Media
Notes
Bibliography
Index
