The Sports Immortals: Deifying the American Athlete

by Peter Williams

Book Overview

The Sports Immortals is the first study to systematically apply the classic theories of psychology and anthropology to sport to present a model of the ways in which we create mythical figures out of actual individuals. Peter Williams begins with the theories of thinkers like Jung, Frazer, and Otto Rank and then shows their application, first to sport itself, then, more specifically, to American sport, and particularly to baseball. The result...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879726695
• ISBN13: 9780879726690
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Popular Press
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.3"