Sports Semiotics
| Author | : Arthur Asa Berger |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 78 |
| Release | : 2023-03-13 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9789004541351 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9004541357 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (357 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Sports Semiotics by : Arthur Asa Berger
Download or read book Sports Semiotics written by Arthur Asa Berger and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-03-13 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
