Baseball and Rhetorics of Purity: The National Pastime and American Identity During the War on Terror - Michael Butterworth - Books - The University of Alabama Press - 9780817317102 - August 13, 2010
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Baseball and Rhetorics of Purity: The National Pastime and American Identity During the War on Terror 1st edition

Michael Butterworth

Baseball and Rhetorics of Purity: The National Pastime and American Identity During the War on Terror 1st edition

Offers an investigation into the culture and mythology of baseball, a study of its limits and failures, and an invitation to remake the game in a more democratic way. The book pays special attention to baseball's role in the reconstruction of American identity after September 11, 2001.


304 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released August 13, 2010
ISBN13 9780817317102
Publishers The University of Alabama Press
Pages 248
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 28 mm   ·   513 g
Language English  
Series Editor Lucaites, John Louis

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