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Berger, Arthur Asa,

Sports Semiotics / Arthur Asa Berger. - 1 online resource - Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences ; Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2023 . - Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences ; . Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2023. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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.


English

ISBN: 9789004541351

Standard No.: 10.1163/9789004541351 DOI

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Semiotics.
Sports--Philosophy.

LC Class. No.: GV706.3

Dewey Class. No.: 796.01