Tribal : college football and the secret heart of America / Diane Roberts

Author:: Roberts, Diane, 1959-
Published:: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]
Edition:: First edition.
Physical Description:: viii, 246 pages : illustration ; 24 cm

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Contents:

Pregame -- First quarter. Tribal boundaries ; Who the hell are we? ; At the creation ; Clean, old-fashioned hatred ; Big game -- Second quarter. Old-time religion ; Consecrated ground ; God is my offensive coordinator ; Muscular Christianity ; Gator Galahad -- Halftime. Death of a drum major -- Third quarter. The gender bowl ; The ladies auxiliary -- Fourth quarter. Jaboo wins ; The plantation ; Fighting the war all over again ; The Southern way of life ; The fall of the House of Bowden -- Postgame.

Summary:

"Both dispatch and dissertation, NPR contributor Diane Roberts, an English professor at Florida State University, gives a insider's account of a big time college football program in the midst of controversy, while examining the impact and legacy of the sport's popularity in America today"--

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History

ISBN:

9780062342621 hardcover
0062342622 hardcover

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-233) and index.

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