Crying in Sports

Star Athletes, "Emotional Moments," and the Media
Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-3-662-73551-0
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 104 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm

Coolness and emotional self-discipline once shaped the world of sports, but recently something has shifted. Tennis legends cry. Soccer stars cry. Basketball MVPs cry. “Emotional moments” seem to be omnipresent. In close readings of tearful moments and gestures, this book explores scenes on the sidelines, at press conferences, and during acceptance speeches. It examines how contemporary media represent outbursts and breakdowns and the larger role crying athletes play in what scholars call the “Age of Emotions.” Case studies include Cristiano Ronaldo and Pepe, Serena Williams and Andrea Petkovic, American basketball megastars, and Roger Federer; the essay discusses celebrity athletes as representative figures whose vulnerability and sentimentality force us to reexamine our own tears. 

The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. The text has subsequently been revised by the author in collaboration with a professional copy editor in order to refine the work stylistically.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ribbat, Christoph

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Geschichte des Sports
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Roger Federer Gets Emotional.- Chapter 2. Crying: An Introduction.- Chapter 3. The World’s Highest-Paid Soccer Player and His Countless Tears.- Chapter 4. Soccer and Emotions in a YouTube Highlight Video.- Chapter 5. Basketball MVPs, Weeping.- Chapter 6. Organizing Crying: Serena Williams and Andrea Petkovic.- Chapter 7. These Tears Say It All: Reading Brittney Griner.

Über Autor(innen)

Christoph Ribbat is Professor of American Studies at University of Paderborn (Germany). He was a Fulbright Scholar at the Cooper Union, New York, and a Humboldt/Lynen Fellow at MIT and Boston University. He has published books on the history of restaurants, the history of breathing, and on waking up, as well as essays on photography, and a biography of Wilbert Olinde (UCLA), one of the first US basketball professionals in Germany.