Iconic Sports Venues: Persuasion in Public Spaces

by Danielle Johannesen (Editor), Mark E. Huglen (Editor)

Overview

This book examines how and why iconic sports venues acquire meaning. Looking at different venues, chapters address how the material features of a site participate in the construction of messages and meanings, and how they influence those messages and meanings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433131592
Publisher:	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Publication date:	01/31/2017
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.91(w) x 8.86(h) x (d)

About the Author

Danielle Johannesen (Ph.D., University of South Dakota) is Assistant Professor of Composition at the University of Minnesota Crookston. Her critical and creative work has appeared in The Nautilus: A Maritime Journal of Literature, History, and Culture; Brevity; South Dakota Review; and Midwestern Gothic, among others.

Mark E. Huglen (Ph.D., Wayne State University) is Professor of Communication at the University of Minnesota Crookston. He has received multiple awards, including the Excellence in Teaching Award from the National Society of Leadership and Success. He has written numerous articles and books.

Table of Contents

Illustrations vii

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction: Iconic Sports Venues: Persuasion in Public Spaces Danielle Johannesen Mask E. Huglen 1

1 The Ancient Sports Venue in Contemporary Times: The Legacy of the Stadium of Olympia and the Colosseum of Rome Rachel McCoppin 9

2 Wrigley Field: A Narrative of True Baseball Rickie-Ann Legleitner 25

3 The Last Palace Standing: Mitchell's Corn Palace and the Rise of an Iconic Sports Venue Jason McEntee 39

4 Hinkle Fieldhouse: Ensembles of an Iconic Sports Venue David Rolling 53

5 Constructing a Mecca for American Golf: Southern Gentility and the Sacred at Augusta National Clarke Rountree 69

6 With Our Hearts in La Boca: Violence and Identification in La Bombonera M. Elizabeth Weiser 87

7 Lambeau Field: Stadium-Cathedral for the Green Bay Packers and American Football Peter M. Smudde 107

8 Playing at Home: The Huron Arena as Domestic Space Danielle Johannesen 125

9 Madison Square Garden: Place, Brand, Media, Icon Robert Bellamy 141

10 The Louisiana Superdome and the Semiotics of Disaster Michael William Peau 157

11 The Wrestling Ring as Stage for the Most Popular Form of American Theater David Beard John Heppen 177

12 Whose Place Is it Anyway?: The Rhetorical Shift From Man Caves to Fan Caves in Dominant American Culture Deanna D. Sellnow Timothy L. Sellnow 191

13 Ralph Engelstad Arena Mark E. Huglen 199

Contributors 219

Index 221