Sport, Spectacle, and NASCAR Nation: Consumption and the Cultural Politics of Neoliberalism

By Michael D. Giardina and Joshua I. Newman

Book Overview

Why NASCAR? Why Now? Sporting Automobility The Road and Serfdom Consuming Stockcar Bodies The 'Southernization' of Sporting America Racing for Jesus Militarizing NASCAR Nation The Limits to NASCAR Nation Coda: On Recession and Secession

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349296538
• ISBN13: 9781349296538
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"