The Aesthetics, Poetics, and Rhetoric of Soccer, 1st Edition eBook

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Soccer has long been known as ‘the beautiful game’. This multi-disciplinary volume explores soccer, soccer culture, and the representation of soccer in art, film, and literature, using the critical tools of aesthetics, poetics, and rhetoric. Including international contributions from scholars of philosophy, literary and cultural studies, linguistics, art history, and the creative arts, this book begins by investigating the relationship between beauty and soccer and asks what criteria should be used to judge the sport’s aesthetic value. Covering topics as diverse as humor, national identity, style, celebrity, and social media, its chapters examine the nature of fandom, the role of language, and the significance of soccer in contemporary popular culture. It also discusses what one might call the ‘stylistics’ of soccer, analyzing how players, fans, and commentators communicate on and off the pitch, in the press, on social media, and in wider public discourse. The Aesthetics, Poetics, and Rhetoric of Soccer makes for fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in sport, culture, literature, philosophy, linguistics, and society.

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The Aesthetics, Poetics, and Rhetoric of Soccer 1st Edition is written by Author and published by Routledge. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for The Aesthetics, Poetics, and Rhetoric of Soccer are 9781351180382, 135118038X and the print ISBNs are 9780367895693, 0367895692. Additional ISBNs for this eTextbook include 9780815385738, 9781351180405, 9781351180399, 9781351180375.