The Baseball Film by Aaron Baker - 9780813596891

The Baseball FilmA Cultural and Transmedia History\nAuthor(s): Aaron Baker\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Rutgers University Press, United States\nImprint: Rutgers University Press\nISBN-13: 9780813596891, 978-0813596891\nSynopsis\nBaseball has long been viewed as the Great American Pastime, so it is no surprise that the sport has inspired many Hollywood films and television series. But how do these works depict the game, its players, fans, and place in American society?\n This study offers an extensive look at nearly one hundred years of baseball-themed movies, documentaries, and TV shows. Film and sports scholar Aaron Baker examines works likeA League of their Own[tel]andSugar[tel], which dramatize the underrepresented contributions of female and immigrant players, alongside classic baseball movies likeThe Naturalthat are full of nostalgia for a time when native-born white men could use the game to achieve the American dream. He further explores how biopics have both mythologized a.