Tennis and philosophy what the racket is all about /
Tennis and philosophy what the racket is all about / [Texte imprimé] :
edited by David Baggett
- Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, cop. 2010
- 1 vol. (VIII-283 p.) ; 24 cm
- The philosophy of popular culture .
- The Philosophy of popular culture (University Press of Kentucky, Lexington) .
Notes bibliogr.
Federer as religious experience / David Foster Wallace -- Why Roger Federer is the best: or is it McEnroe? / David Baggett -- Why are all tennis films bad? / Mark R. Huston -- Excuses, excuses: inside the mind of a complainer / Kevin Kinghorn -- Authoritarian tennis parents: are their children really any worse off? / Kevin Kinghorn -- "You cannot be serious!" The ethics of rage in tennis / David Detmer -- Love-love: a fresh start at finding value and virtue in tennis / Tommy Valentini -- A court conversation / Robert R. Clewis -- Stabbing Seles: fans and fair play / Mark W. Foreman -- The "Kournikova phenomenon" / Helen Ditouras -- Losing beautifully / Mark R. Huston -- Arthur Ashe: philosopher in motion / Jeanine Weekes Schroer -- The ridiculous meets the radical in the battle of the sexes / Maureen Linker -- Friendship, rivalry, and excellence / David Baggett and Neil Delaney Jr.
978-0-8131-2574-9 0-8131-2574-X
Tennis Tennis / Philosophy
796.34201
Notes bibliogr.
Federer as religious experience / David Foster Wallace -- Why Roger Federer is the best: or is it McEnroe? / David Baggett -- Why are all tennis films bad? / Mark R. Huston -- Excuses, excuses: inside the mind of a complainer / Kevin Kinghorn -- Authoritarian tennis parents: are their children really any worse off? / Kevin Kinghorn -- "You cannot be serious!" The ethics of rage in tennis / David Detmer -- Love-love: a fresh start at finding value and virtue in tennis / Tommy Valentini -- A court conversation / Robert R. Clewis -- Stabbing Seles: fans and fair play / Mark W. Foreman -- The "Kournikova phenomenon" / Helen Ditouras -- Losing beautifully / Mark R. Huston -- Arthur Ashe: philosopher in motion / Jeanine Weekes Schroer -- The ridiculous meets the radical in the battle of the sexes / Maureen Linker -- Friendship, rivalry, and excellence / David Baggett and Neil Delaney Jr.
978-0-8131-2574-9 0-8131-2574-X
Tennis Tennis / Philosophy
796.34201