Sport Stars : The Cultural Politics of Sporting Celebrity (Hardcover)

Introduction 1. Michael Jordan: Corporate Sport and Postmodern Celebrityhood Mary G. McDonald and David L. Andrews 2. Excursions into Otherness: Understanding Dennis Rodman and the Limits of Subversive Agency Melisse Lafrance and Genevieve Rail 3. Andre Agassi and Generation X: Reading White Masculinity in 1990s America Kyle W. Kusz 4. America's New Son: Tiger Woods and America's Multiculturalism Cheryl L. Cole and David L. Andrews 5. From 'Child's play' to 'Party Crasher': Venus Williams, Racism and Professional Women's Tennis Nancy E. Spencer 6. Postmodern Blackness and the Celebrity Sports Star: Ian Wright, 'Race' and English Identity Ben Carrington 7. Evil Genie or Pure Genius?: The (Im)moral Football and Public Career of Paul 'Gazza' Gascoigne Richard Giulianotti and Michael Gerrard 8. Punishment, Redemption and Celebration in the Popular Press: The Case of David Beckham Garry Whannel 9. The Spectacle of a Heroic Life: The Case of Diego Maradona Eduardo P. Archetti 10. Gretzky Nation: Canada, Crisis and Americanization Steven J. Jackson 11. Hideo Nomo: Pioneer or Defector? Hajime Hirai 12. Global Hingis: Flexible Citizenship and the Transnational Celebrity Mike Giardina 13. Nyandika Maiyoro and Kipchoge Keino: Transgression, Colonial Rhetoric and the Postcolonial Athlete John Bale 14. Imran Khan: The Road from Cricket to Politics Peter Corrigan 15. Brian Lara: (Con)testing the Caribbean Imagination Hilary Beckles 16. Cathy Freeman: The Quest for Australian Identity Toni Bruce and Christopher J. Hallinan