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Examining two realms of sports and autobiography, this work looks at recurring patterns found in athletes' accounts of their lives and sporting experiences, examining language, metaphor, rhetorical strategies, and other elements to analyze sports from the inside out. It shows that the meaning of sports is intertwined with the telling.

Sporting Lives

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    By James W. Pipkin

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      Publisher: University of Missouri Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 4/30/2008 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780826217790, 978-0826217790
      ISBN10: 0826217796

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      Book Synopsis
      Examining two realms of sports and autobiography, this work looks at recurring patterns found in athletes' accounts of their lives and sporting experiences, examining language, metaphor, rhetorical strategies, and other elements to analyze sports from the inside out. It shows that the meaning of sports is intertwined with the telling.

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