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Against Football
Steve Almond
Against Football
Steve Almond
In Against Football, Steve Almond details why, after forty years as a fan, he can no longer watch the game he still loves. Using a synthesis of memoir, reportage, and cultural critique, Almond asks a series of provocative questions: Does our addiction to football foster a tolerance for violence, greed, racism, and homophobia? What does it mean that our society has transmuted the intuitive physical joys of childhood--run, leap, throw, tackle--into a billion-dollar industry? How did a sport that causes brain damage become such an important emblem for our institutions of higher learning? There has never been a book that exposes the dark underside of America's favorite game with such searing candor.
Media | Music CD (Compact Disc) |
Number of discs | 1 |
Released | February 17, 2015 |
ISBN13 | 9798200024582 |
Label | TANTOR AUDIO |
Dimensions | 150 g (Weight (estimated)) |
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