Katharina Bonzel National Pastimes All Books sku-828297333

Katharina Bonzel's National Pastimes: Cinema, Sports, and Nation is a hardcover title in All Books (sku-828297333). Bonzel examines how sports films use emotion, imagery and stories about the past to shape ideas of national identity. Her comparative discussion includes Bend It Like Beckham, Chariots of Fire and Rocky, as well as films set against Cold War America, class dynamics in 1980s Thatcherite Britain and post-unification Germany. The book considers how films reflect changing ideas of national belonging and engage audiences with historical events.You may also like Representations of Sports Coaches in Film: Looking to Win, (Hardcover).