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Sport, spectacle, and NASCAR nation : consumption and the cultural politics of neoliberalism /

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"Sport, Spectacle, and NASCAR Nation critically interrogates stockcar racing's ascendance into the upper-echelon of the North American sporting popular. While most contributions to the public discourse gloss over NASCAR's exclusively white racial identity politics, its underlying patr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Newman, Joshua I., 1976-
Other Authors: Giardina, Michael D., 1976-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Education, politics, and public life.
Subjects:
Stock car racing > Social aspects > United States.
Stock car racing > Political aspects > United States.
NASCAR (Association)
EDUCATION / General.
EDUCATION / Driver Education.
EDUCATION / Non-Formal Education.
Table of Contents:
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  • Why NASCAR? Why Now? * Sporting Automobility * The Road and Serfdom * Consuming Stockcar Bodies * The "Southernization" of Sporting America * Racing for Jesus * Militarizing NASCAR Nation * The Limits to NASCAR Nation * Coda: On Recession and Secession.