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Sports Semiotics applies semiotics (and other disciplines, secondarily) to analyse the social, cultural, economic and psychological significance of sports. It includes a primer on semiotic theory, sections on the analysis of wrestling by Roland Barthes in his book Mythologies, as well as sections on football and the sacred, the Super Bowl, and the semiotics of televised baseball.

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Contents List of Figures Abstract Keywords  1 A Primer on Semiotics  2 Roland Barthes on Professional Wrestling  3 Baseball: Threes, Fours, and Exclusions  4 Fenway Park  5 Football and the Sacred  6 The Semiotics of Televised Baseball  7 The Super Bowl  8 Football: Semiotics, Psyche and Society  9 Coda  Acknowledgments  Reference

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      Publisher: Brill
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 16/03/2023
      ISBN13: 9789004541344, 978-9004541344
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      Semiotics / semiology Cultural studies Sociology: sport and leisure

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Sports Semiotics applies semiotics (and other disciplines, secondarily) to analyse the social, cultural, economic and psychological significance of sports. It includes a primer on semiotic theory, sections on the analysis of wrestling by Roland Barthes in his book Mythologies, as well as sections on football and the sacred, the Super Bowl, and the semiotics of televised baseball.

      Table of Contents
      Contents List of Figures Abstract Keywords  1 A Primer on Semiotics  2 Roland Barthes on Professional Wrestling  3 Baseball: Threes, Fours, and Exclusions  4 Fenway Park  5 Football and the Sacred  6 The Semiotics of Televised Baseball  7 The Super Bowl  8 Football: Semiotics, Psyche and Society  9 Coda  Acknowledgments  Reference

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