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“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 Screen

Table of Contents
Preface: Sporting Fantasies

Acknowledgments

Introduction: “The Age of the General Manager”

  1. The Managerial American Dream: The Administrative Fantasies of Managerial Sports Films
  2. “He’s looking like a depressed asset”: The Financial Logics of Managerial Sports Talk
  3. Datavisuality: The Quantified Aesthetic of Managerial Sports Television
  4. White-Collar Play: Managerial Sports Games and the Modeling of Neoliberal Capitalism
Conclusion: The Banality of Managerial Sports Media

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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      Publisher University of Illinois Press
      Published 8 January 2024
      ISBN-13 9780252087745
      978-0252087745
      ISBN-10 0252087747
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade 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 Screen

      Table of Contents
      Preface: Sporting Fantasies

      Acknowledgments

      Introduction: “The Age of the General Manager”

      1. The Managerial American Dream: The Administrative Fantasies of Managerial Sports Films
      2. “He’s looking like a depressed asset”: The Financial Logics of Managerial Sports Talk
      3. Datavisuality: The Quantified Aesthetic of Managerial Sports Television
      4. White-Collar Play: Managerial Sports Games and the Modeling of Neoliberal Capitalism
      Conclusion: The Banality of Managerial Sports Media

      Notes

      Bibliography

      Index

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