Gods Among Us
Date of Award
3-24-2014
Document Type
Undergraduate Capstone Project
Degree Name
Master of Liberal Studies
Organizational Unit
University College, Arts and Culture Management
Disciplines
Arts and Culture
First Advisor
Joseph Hutchison
Keywords
Baseball, Basketball, Football, Contemporary american literature
Abstract
In American culture, many people condone the exorbitant salaries, cosseted treatment, and lawless behavior of professional athletes because of the deep roots of our infatuation with sports. This project contains four sections of an accompanying novel, which centers on the importance athletic games play in American culture and played in past cultures across the world. The work also features an analysis of the portrayal of baseball, basketball, and football in post-World War II American literature. This research focuses on an extensive review of original fiction and criticism regarding these games. Overall, the project explores the patterns in the depictions of baseball, basketball and football and examines, through interpretation, the core reasons behind America's consecration of these sports.
Publication Statement
Copyright is held by the author. Permanently suppressed.
Recommended Citation
Lucas, Ryan Christopher, "Gods Among Us" (2014). University College: Arts and Culture Management Capstones. 84.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/ucol_mals/84