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Violence in Southern Sport and Culture: Sacred Battles on the Gridiron - SpringerBriefs in Religious Studies Eric Bain-Selbo 1st ed. 2017 edition
Violence in Southern Sport and Culture: Sacred Battles on the Gridiron - SpringerBriefs in Religious Studies
Eric Bain-Selbo
Extending into popular culture, it then makes the case that sport—particularly American football—is a cultural phenomenon in the South with close ties with religion and violence, and that American football has come to play a central role in the civil religion of the South, fueled in part by its violent nature.
53 pages, biography
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | December 15, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9783319500584 |
| Publishers | Springer International Publishing AG |
| Pages | 53 |
| Dimensions | 155 × 235 × 3 mm · 1.12 kg |