Description
| Product ID: | 9781032610115 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Focus on Literature |
| Title: | Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk |
| Subtitle: | Flags, Football, and the NFL’s “Foxy” Patriotism Problem |
| Authors: | Author: Lisa Ferguson |
| Page Count: | 74 |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Gender studies: men and boys, Sociology, Politics and government, Warfare and defence, Association football (Soccer), Gender studies: men, Sociology, Politics & government, Warfare & defence, Football (Soccer, Association football), USA |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book examines how the game of football and militarism have historically overlapped due to their shared celebration of strength, might, and besting a clear and definitive foe This book examines how the game of football and militarism have historically overlapped due to their shared celebration of strength, might, and besting a clear and definitive foe. Nevertheless, since September 11, a variety of staged patriotic vignettes dominated most NFL broadcasts, giving the once easy and unforced union a stilted feel. That the War on Terror became a fixture of modern- day Super Bowls was easy to portend; what was more difficult to predict was the imprint it would leave on U.S. citizens and American politics. Ben Fountain’s award-winning novel, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, reveals what passes for patriotism in a country that has reduced the sober and stark reality of combat to pageantry and production for the crowd back home, leaving our troops to unwittingly play the part of entertainers, destined to be sexualized just like the cheerleaders and dancers so frequently performing alongside them. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-11-30 |
