National Pastimes: Cinema, Sports, and Nation

Bonzel, Katharina

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National Pastimes: Cinema, Sports, and Nation

Date

2020

Authors

Bonzel, Katharina

Publisher

University of Nebraska Press

Abstract

"Let us praise famous men": creating myth and memory in Chariots of fire -- Unifying Germany: the miracle of Bern and national identity -- Anxious in America: Rocky Balboa and the American dream -- Small towns, big dreams: American pastoral and the sports film -- Querying the nation: the "hero other" in sports films -- Conclusion.