TY - BOOK AU - Rinehart,Robert E. TI - Players all: performances in contemporary sport T2 - Drama and performance studies SN - 0585023263 (electronic bk.) AV - GV706.5 .R56 1998eb U1 - 796 21 PY - 1998/// CY - Bloomington PB - Indiana University Press KW - Sports KW - Sociological aspects KW - Performance art KW - SPORTS & RECREATION KW - Essays KW - bisacsh KW - History KW - Business Aspects KW - Reference KW - GAMES KW - Gambling KW - TRAVEL KW - Special Interest KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-179) and index; Sport as performance : setting the stage -- Dropping hierarchies : toward the study of a contemporary sporting avant-garde -- Sport as kitsch : a case study of The American gladiators -- Sport as avant-garde : a case study of the World Wrestling Foundation -- Sport as epiphanic marker : a case study of Super Bowl XXVI -- Sport as postmodern construction : a case study of paintball -- Sport as constructed audience : a case study of ESPN's The eXtreme games -- Sport as postmodern tourism : warp speed in Barcelona (olympism, ideology, and experience) UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1046 ER -