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The Passion of Tiger Woods – An Anthropologist Reports on Golf, Race, and Celebrity Scandal: A John Hope Franklin Center Book

Autor Orin Starn
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 11 dec 2011
Perhaps the best golfer ever, Tiger Woods rocketed to the top of a once whites-only sport. Endorsements made him a global brand and the world’s richest athlete. The child of a multiracial marriage, Woods and his blond, blue-eyed wife, Elin Nordegren, seemed to represent a new post-racial America. Then, in late 2009, Woods became embroiled in a sex scandal that made headlines worldwide. In this concise yet far-reaching analysis, Orin Starn brings an anthropologist’s perspective to bear on Tigergate. He explores our modern media obsession with celebrity scandals and their tawdry ritualized drama, yet he offers much more than the usual banal moralizing about the rich and famous. Starn explains how Tiger’s travails and the culture of golf reflect broader American anxieties—about race and sex, scapegoating and betrayal, and the role of the sports hero. The Passion of Tiger Woods is required reading for all those interested in the high-stakes world of professional golf, the politics of sports and celebrity, and the myths and realities surrounding the flawed yet riveting figure who remains among the most famous athletes of our time.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780822352105
ISBN-10: 0822352109
Pagini: 160
Ilustrații: 20 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 150 x 250 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: MD – Duke University Press
Seria A John Hope Franklin Center Book


Recenzii

"The book's title alludes to the theatrical reenactments of Christ’s suffering performed at Easter during the middle ages, or at least to Mel Gibson’s big-screen rendition thereof. Starn interprets "Tigergate" as an early 21st-century version of the scapegoating rituals analyzed by René Girard. From what I recall of Girardian theory, the reconsolidation of social order involves the scapegoat being slaughtered, rather than paying alimony, though in some cases that may be too fine a distinction. The scandal was certainly louder and more frenetic than the game that Woods seems have been destined to master." Scott McLemee, Inside Higher Ed

"Starn's Passlon seeks to cover numerous issues, extending beyond Woods to celebrity culture in general: why do we care so much about hat they earn, what they do, with whom, and how often?... It's a fascinating and thought-provoking look at how society gets its information and, often immediatel¡ hands down its judgments." Ron Kaplan, ForWord, Spring 2012

“Orin Starn’s excellent examination of Tiger Woods offers deep insight, original thinking, and valuable new perspectives. This book tells us a lot about Tiger, but even more about ourselves.” Jaime Diaz, senior writer, Golf Digest

“The next time someone asks me about anthropology’s value to contemporary cultural debates, I’ll just tell them to read Orin Starn’s The Passion of Tiger Woods, a funny, engaging, readable, and unapologetically anthropological take on celebrity scandal, popular culture, and American sports. From playful musings on a potentially recessive ‘golf gene’ to critiques of (wildly popular!) speculative genetic theories about black athleticism, Starn takes us on an entertaining ride through the history of golf, the rise of its current superstar, and the media maelstrom of racial and sexual imagery that followed from a relatively minor car crash in Florida one fateful Thanksgiving night. I’m one of those people who was tired of hearing about Tigergate almost as soon as the story first broke, but Starn does a convincing job of showing me why I should have been listening and watching even more closely.” John L. Jackson, Jr., author of Racial Paranoia: The Unintended Consequences of Political Correctness

"...this short book is a sophisticated, valuable effort to tease out the cultural and political meaning of the response to Tiger’s “fall from grace”... Mindful that anonymous Internet postings are unreliable, and that the sheer volume of material precludes any tidy categorization, Starn proceeds with due caution. Still, by including so much raw material, he convincingly demonstrates the limitations of the mainstream media in dealing with a phenomenon like Tigergate." Stephen Goodwin, Washington Independent Review of Books, April 2012


"The book's title alludes to the theatrical reenactments of Christ's suffering performed at Easter during the middle ages, or at least to Mel Gibson's big-screen rendition thereof. Starn interprets "Tigergate" as an early 21st-century version of the scapegoating rituals analyzed by Rene Girard. From what I recall of Girardian theory, the reconsolidation of social order involves the scapegoat being slaughtered, rather than paying alimony, though in some cases that may be too fine a distinction. The scandal was certainly louder and more frenetic than the game that Woods seems have been destined to master." Scott McLemee, Inside Higher Ed "Starn's Passlon seeks to cover numerous issues, extending beyond Woods to celebrity culture in general: why do we care so much about hat they earn, what they do, with whom, and how often?... It's a fascinating and thought-provoking look at how society gets its information and, often immediatel! hands down its judgments." Ron Kaplan, ForWord, Spring 2012 "Orin Starn's excellent examination of Tiger Woods offers deep insight, original thinking, and valuable new perspectives. This book tells us a lot about Tiger, but even more about ourselves." Jaime Diaz, senior writer, Golf Digest "The next time someone asks me about anthropology's value to contemporary cultural debates, I'll just tell them to read Orin Starn's The Passion of Tiger Woods, a funny, engaging, readable, and unapologetically anthropological take on celebrity scandal, popular culture, and American sports. From playful musings on a potentially recessive 'golf gene' to critiques of (wildly popular!) speculative genetic theories about black athleticism, Starn takes us on an entertaining ride through the history of golf, the rise of its current superstar, and the media maelstrom of racial and sexual imagery that followed from a relatively minor car crash in Florida one fateful Thanksgiving night. I'm one of those people who was tired of hearing about Tigergate almost as soon as the story first broke, but Starn does a convincing job of showing me why I should have been listening and watching even more closely." John L. Jackson, Jr., author of Racial Paranoia: The Unintended Consequences of Political Correctness "...this short book is a sophisticated, valuable effort to tease out the cultural and political meaning of the response to Tiger's "fall from grace"... Mindful that anonymous Internet postings are unreliable, and that the sheer volume of material precludes any tidy categorization, Starn proceeds with due caution. Still, by including so much raw material, he convincingly demonstrates the limitations of the mainstream media in dealing with a phenomenon like Tigergate." Stephen Goodwin, Washington Independent Review of Books, April 2012

"The book's title alludes to the theatrical reenactments of Christ's suffering performed at Easter during the middle ages, or at least to Mel Gibson's big-screen rendition thereof. Starn interprets "Tigergate" as an early 21st-century version of the scapegoating rituals analyzed by Rene Girard. From what I recall of Girardian theory, the reconsolidation of social order involves the scapegoat being slaughtered, rather than paying alimony, though in some cases that may be too fine a distinction. The scandal was certainly louder and more frenetic than the game that Woods seems have been destined to master." Scott McLemee, Inside Higher Ed "Starn's Passlon seeks to cover numerous issues, extending beyond Woods to celebrity culture in general: why do we care so much about hat they earn, what they do, with whom, and how often?... It's a fascinating and thought-provoking look at how society gets its information and, often immediatel! hands down its judgments." Ron Kaplan, ForWord, Spring 2012 "Orin Starn's excellent examination of Tiger Woods offers deep insight, original thinking, and valuable new perspectives. This book tells us a lot about Tiger, but even more about ourselves." Jaime Diaz, senior writer, Golf Digest "The next time someone asks me about anthropology's value to contemporary cultural debates, I'll just tell them to read Orin Starn's The Passion of Tiger Woods, a funny, engaging, readable, and unapologetically anthropological take on celebrity scandal, popular culture, and American sports. From playful musings on a potentially recessive 'golf gene' to critiques of (wildly popular!) speculative genetic theories about black athleticism, Starn takes us on an entertaining ride through the history of golf, the rise of its current superstar, and the media maelstrom of racial and sexual imagery that followed from a relatively minor car crash in Florida one fateful Thanksgiving night. I'm one of those people who was tired of hearing about Tigergate almost as soon as the story first broke, but Starn does a convincing job of showing me why I should have been listening and watching even more closely." John L. Jackson, Jr., author of Racial Paranoia: The Unintended Consequences of Political Correctness

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Descriere

Starn examines the career of Tiger Woods, from child star to global sports celebrity. The author shows that the scandal following the revelation of Tiger's infidelities was like many similar media-generated scandals of recent years, and he brings an anthropologist's perspective to bear on Tigergate.

Cuprins

Prologue ix
1. Golf Backward Spells "Flog" 1
2. The Tiger Woods Revolution 23
3. Tigergate, Celebrity Scandal, and the Apology Society 39
4. Internet Wars, Sex Addiction, and the Crucifixion of Tiger Woods 55
5. Postracial Fantasies, Racial Realpolitik 67
6. Tiger's Penis 85
7. Out of the Woods? 107
Notes 119
Bibliography 129
Acknowledgments 135
Index 137