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Against football : one fan's reluctant manifesto / Steve Almond. by Almond, Steve. Melville House, [2014] Call #: 796.332 A452a Subjects Football.   Football -- Moral and ethical aspects.   Football fans -- United States -- Attitudes. ISBN:  9781612194158 161219415X Description:  xiii, 178 p. ; 20 cm. Summary:  "In Against Football, Steve Almond details why, after forty years as a fan, he can no longer watch the game he still loves. Using a synthesis of memoir, reportage, and cultural critique, Almond asks a series of provocative questions: What does it mean that our society has transmuted the intuitive physical joys of childhood--run, leap, throw, tackle--into a billion-dollar industry? How did a sport that causes brain damage become the leading signifier of our institutions of higher learning? Does our addiction to football foster a tolerance for violence, greed, racism, and homophobia? There has never been a book that exposes the dark underside of America's favorite game with such searing candor."--From publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 796.332 A452a Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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