Diane roberts ph (4 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Part introspective soul searching, part sharp cultural analysis, Tribal tackles the controversies plaguing big-time college athletics, tracing the dubious historical underpinnings of Americans' most popular sport and offering a visceral, often funny look at its tribal thrills and deep contradictions. Florida State's football team is always in the headlines, producing Heisman Trophy candidates and winning championships while dealing with federal investigations into corruption and rape. Like many big-time collegiate sports programs, it seems that if they excel on the field, all is forgiven. Writer, professor, and conflicted Seminole Diane Roberts examines the problems on her own campus in Tallahassee, placing them within the larger context of college football history and its significance in American life, and explores how the game shapes our Southern culture. How can a game so rife with corruption and controversy still hold the American South captive? Cultural Analysis: An unflinching and often hilarious look at the quasi-religious fervor of college football from the perspective of a writer, professor, and deeply conflicted Florida State Seminole fan. NCAA Controversies: A deep dive into the scandals plaguing major programs, using Florida State's high-profile troubles with corruption, academic fraud, and violence as a compelling case study. Tribalism in Sports: An exploration of the rituals, rivalries, and identities that turn Saturdays in the fall into a consecrated battleground where you are either with us or against us. Sports History: A look at the game's dubious origins, tracing a line from brutal medieval contests to the modern game's complicated role in the politics of race, gender, and culture in America.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Part family memoir, part political commentary, part apologia, Dream State tells the grand and sometimes crazy story of Florida through the eyes of one of its native daughters. Acclaimed journalist and NPR commentator Diane Roberts has many family secrets to tell. Roberts's ancestors helped settle Florida, kill off its pesky Indians, enslave some of its inhabitants, clear its forests, lay its train tracks, and pave its roads, all the time weaving themselves into the very fabric of the state. With a storyteller's talent for setting great scenes, Roberts lays out the sweeping history of eight generations of Browards and Bradfords, Tuckers and Robertses. From Florida's first inhabitants to those involved in the recent past with the botched presidential election of 2000, Roberts renders them all with a deep, familial affection. While exposing the real people whom Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard have been fictionalizing for years, Dream State ultimately reveals the cogs and wheels that make the state tick.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Oklahoma Special Education teacher Linda Reed's fresh, contemporary storytelling engages children's minds in social contexts as they join Jaci and her new friend, Astoria, on their first day of school. Jaci's strong personality and compulsion with even numbers both bolsters Astoria and helps their new teacher, Mrs. White, turn lemons into lemonade. Roberts PH., Diane (illustrator).…

Zustand: New. KlappentextOklahoma Special Education teacher Linda Reed s fresh, contemporary storytelling engages children s minds in social contexts as they join Jaci and her new friend, Astoria, on their first day of school. Jaci s strong personalit. Roberts PH., Diane (illustrator).