Making the American Team: Sport, Culture, and the Olympic Experience (Sport and Society)
by Mark Dyreson
Making the American Team explores the Olympic experience through the connected lenses of sport, culture, and society. Focusing on the meaning of an American team, this study considers how athletic competition can reflect broader ideas about national identity, collective participation, and the place of sport in American life.
About This Book
Making the American Team examines the relationship between sport, culture, and the Olympic experience.
The book focuses on the idea of an American team and its place within competitive athletics.
It considers the broader social and cultural meaning attached to Olympic participation.
This work is part of the Sport and Society series and offers a focused study of sport in American life.
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