Tribal : college football and the secret heart of America / Diane Roberts.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : Harper, 2015Edition: First editionDescription: viii, 246 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780062342621
  • 0062342622
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GV 950 .R64 2015
Contents:
Pregame -- First quarter. Tribal boundaries ; Who the hell are we? ; At the creation ; Clean, old-fashioned hatred ; Big game -- Second quarter. Old-time religion ; Consecrated ground ; God is my offensive coordinator ; Muscular Christianity ; Gator Galahad -- Halftime. Death of a drum major -- Third quarter. The gender bowl ; The ladies auxiliary -- Fourth quarter. Jaboo wins ; The plantation ; Fighting the war all over again ; The Southern way of life ; The fall of the House of Bowden -- Postgame.
Summary: "Both dispatch and dissertation, NPR contributor Diane Roberts, an English professor at Florida State University, gives a insider's account of a big time college football program in the midst of controversy, while examining the impact and legacy of the sport's popularity in America today"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Both dispatch and dissertation, NPR contributor Diane Roberts, an English professor at Florida State University, gives a insider's account of a big time college football program in the midst of controversy, while examining the impact and legacy of the sport's popularity in America today"-- Provided by publisher.

Pregame -- First quarter. Tribal boundaries ; Who the hell are we? ; At the creation ; Clean, old-fashioned hatred ; Big game -- Second quarter. Old-time religion ; Consecrated ground ; God is my offensive coordinator ; Muscular Christianity ; Gator Galahad -- Halftime. Death of a drum major -- Third quarter. The gender bowl ; The ladies auxiliary -- Fourth quarter. Jaboo wins ; The plantation ; Fighting the war all over again ; The Southern way of life ; The fall of the House of Bowden -- Postgame.

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