Mediated (Re)Presentations of Golf and National Identity in the United States: Some Observations on...

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Beteiligte: Harris, John, Lyberger, Mark
In: International Journal of Sport Communication, 1, 2008, 2, S. 143-154
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Human Kinetics
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Umfang: 143-154
ISSN: 1936-3915
1936-3907
DOI: 10.1123/ijsc.1.2.143
veröffentlicht in: International Journal of Sport Communication
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Kollektion: Human Kinetics (CrossRef)
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<jats:p>The Ryder Cup is undoubtedly the biggest and most prestigious team competition in golf but has received little attention from scholars with an interest in sport communication. This commentary examines print- and electronic-media accounts of the 2006 event and looks at how the Ryder Cup is used to (re)present images of the U.S. nation. The analysis highlights how the defeat was positioned within a broader narrative of a supposed “crisis” in U.S. sport and was also linked to a discourse of larger cultural decline.</jats:p>