Sport and Film

2. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-29483-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 282 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Frontiers of Sport

Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, Sport and Film examines the social, cultural, historical and ideological significance of representations of sport in film around the world. It is an essential guide for all students and enthusiasts of sport, film, media and culture.

The book traces the history of the sports film, from the beginnings of cinema in the 1890s, its consolidation as a distinct fiction genre in the mid-1920s in Hollywood films such as Harold Lloyd’s The Freshman, to its contemporary manifestation in Oscar-winning films such as Million Dollar Baby and The Fighter to more recent films such as Creed and Free Solo. Drawing on an extensive range of films as source material, the book explores key issues in the study of sport, film and wider society, including race, social class, gender and national culture. It also offers an invaluable guide to 'reading' a film, to help students fully engage with their source material. This new edition also includes a new chapter on sport documentaries, a consideration of Russian sport cinema, and new pedagogical features – including review questions, proposed projects, case studies and definitions of key terms – to enhance the reader’s understanding.

Comprehensive, authoritative and accessible, this is an essential text for any course on sport media, and invaluable reading for general courses on sport and society, film studies or cultural studies.

A dedicated website with further resources is available at sportandfilm.eu.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Crosson, Sean

Crosson, Seán

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Why Sport and Film?,  1. Reading the Sports Film,  2. Early Cinema and the Emergence of the Sports Film,  3. The Sports Film Genre,  4. Race, Social Class and the American Dream in the Sports Film: ‘Truths that Tell a Lie’,  5. Gender and the Sports Film,  6. The Sports Film, National Culture and Identity,  7. The Cinematic Sports Documentary,  Conclusion: Trump 2.0 and the Contemporary Mainstream Sports Film

Über Autor(innen)

Seán Crosson is Associate Professor of Film in the Huston School of Film & Digital Media at University of Galway, Ireland. His main research interest over the past twenty years has been the examination of the representation of sport in film. He is leader of the Sport in European Cinema project (https://sportandfilm.eu). He has also uncovered important historical depictions of sport in film, particularly Gaelic games, and his research has been featured in national and international media, and several sport-related documentary projects, including as writer and co-producer of the mini-series Iománaíocht Hollywood: Cluichí Gaelacha ar Scannán / Hollywood Hurling: Gaelic Games on Film (2025) produced for Irish broadcaster TG4.