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Against Football: One Fan's Reluctant Manifesto

Steve Almond
4.9/5 (20881 ratings)
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Description:A New York Times Best Seller“Powerful...an important read." —Publishers WeeklyNew York Times bestselling author Steve Almond takes on America’s biggest sacred cow: footballIn Against Football, Steve Almond details why, after forty years as a fan, he can no longer watch the game he still loves. Using a synthesis of memoir, reportage, and cultural critique, Almond asks a series of provocative questions:• Does our addiction to football foster a tolerance for violence, greed, racism, and homophobia?• What does it mean that our society has transmuted the intuitive physical joys of childhood—run, leap, throw, tackle—into a billion-dollar industry?• How did a sport that causes brain damage become such an important emblem for our institutions of higher learning?There has never been a book that exposes the dark underside of America’s favorite game with such searing candor.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Against Football: One Fan's Reluctant Manifesto. To get started finding Against Football: One Fan's Reluctant Manifesto, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages
178
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
—
Release
2014
ISBN
161219415X

Against Football: One Fan's Reluctant Manifesto

Steve Almond
4.4/5 (1290744 ratings)
Read Now Download now ⏭ listen AudioBook
Description: A New York Times Best Seller“Powerful...an important read." —Publishers WeeklyNew York Times bestselling author Steve Almond takes on America’s biggest sacred cow: footballIn Against Football, Steve Almond details why, after forty years as a fan, he can no longer watch the game he still loves. Using a synthesis of memoir, reportage, and cultural critique, Almond asks a series of provocative questions:• Does our addiction to football foster a tolerance for violence, greed, racism, and homophobia?• What does it mean that our society has transmuted the intuitive physical joys of childhood—run, leap, throw, tackle—into a billion-dollar industry?• How did a sport that causes brain damage become such an important emblem for our institutions of higher learning?There has never been a book that exposes the dark underside of America’s favorite game with such searing candor.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Against Football: One Fan's Reluctant Manifesto. To get started finding Against Football: One Fan's Reluctant Manifesto, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
178
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
—
Release
2014
ISBN
161219415X

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