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Against Football: One Fan's Reluctant Manifesto
Against Football One Fan's Reluctant Manifesto Author:Steve Almond 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: Does our addiction to football foster a tolerance for violence, greed, racism, and homophobia? What does... more » 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 such an important emblem for our institutions of higher learning? There has never been a book that exposes the dark underside of America's favorite game with such searing candor.« less
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ISBN-13: 9781494508340 ISBN-10: 1494508346 Publication Date: 2/17/2015 Edition:Unabridged CD Rating: