TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pipkin,James W.
TI  - Sporting lives: metaphor and myth in American sports autobiographies 
T2  - Sports and American culture series
SN  - 9780826266415 (electronic bk.)
AV  - GV697.A1 P475 2008eb
U1  - 796.092/273B 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Columbia
PB  - University of Missouri Press
KW  - Athletes
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Autobiographies
KW  - Sports
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Selbstdarstellung
KW  - swd
KW  - Sportler
KW  - USA
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-155) and index; "The echoing green" -- Body songs -- Magic : the performing body -- The end of autumn -- "Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue" : Dennis Rodman and the contemporary athlete as postmodern celebrity
N2  - "Examines autobiographies by athletes such as Wilt Chamberlain, Babe Ruth, Martina Navratilova, and Dennis Rodman, and analyzes common themes and recurring patterns in the accounts of their lives and sporting experiences"--Provided by publisher
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ER  -