TY  - BOOK
AU  - Womack,Mari
TI  - Sport as symbol: images of the athlete in art, literature and song 
SN  - 0786415797 (illustrated case binding : alk. paper)
AV  - NX650.S83 W66 2003
U1  - 704.9/49796 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Jefferson, N.C.
PB  - McFarland & Co.
KW  - Sports in art
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-237) and index; 1. Sport as symbol. Heroic dramas and athletic actors -- 2. The adversary in nature. The hunt: power of life and death -- The hunt domesticated: ritual origins of the bullfight -- 3. The human adversary. Combat sports: the socialization of conflict -- War games -- 4. The adversary within. Transcending time and space -- Metaphors of love, death, and rebirth -- 5. Symbolic actors and social dramas. High priests and super stars
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip044/2003012455.html
ER  -