The Passion of Tiger Woods: An Anthropologist Reports on Golf, Race, and Celebrity Scandal

by Orin Starn

Book Overview

Perhaps the best golfer ever, Tiger Woods rocketed to the top of a once whites-only sport. Endorsements made him a global brand and the world's richest athlete. The child of a multiracial marriage, Woods and his blond, blue-eyed wife, Elin Nordegren, seemed to represent a new postracial America. Then, in late 2009, Woods became embroiled in a sex scandal that made headlines worldwide. In this concise yet far-reaching analysis, Orin Starn brings an...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822352109
• ISBN13: 9780822352105
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.0"