{"product_id":"football-9781501367069","title":"Football","description":"\u003cp\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen is the \"beautiful game\" at its most beautiful? How does football function as a lens through which so many view their daily lives? What's right in front of fans that they never see? \u003ci\u003eFootball\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates and scrutinizes the world's most popular sport-from top-tier professionals to children just learning the game. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs an American who began playing football in the 1970s as it gained a foothold in the States, Mark Yakich reflects on his own experiences alongside the sport's social and political implications, its narrative and documentary depictions, and its linguistic idiosyncrasies. Illustrating how football can be at once absolutely vital and \"only a game,\" this book will be surprising and insightful for the casual and diehard fan alike. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eYakich, Mark:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMark Yakich\u003c\/b\u003e is the Gregory F. Curtin, S.J. Distinguished Professor of English at Loyola University New Orleans, USA, where he has been editor of \u003ci\u003eNew Orleans Review \u003c\/i\u003esince 2012. He is the author of the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eUnrelated Individuals Forming a Group Waiting to Cross\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), \u003ci\u003eThe Importance of Peeling Potatoes in Ukraine \u003c\/i\u003e(2008), and \u003ci\u003eSpiritual Exercises \u003c\/i\u003e(2019); a novel, \u003ci\u003eA Meaning for Wife \u003c\/i\u003e(2011); and a guide to reading and writing poems \u003ci\u003ePoetry: A Survivor's Guide\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2016).\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchaberg, Christopher:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eChristopher Schaberg\u003c\/b\u003e is Dorothy Harrell Brown Distinguished Professor of English at Loyola University New Orleans, USA. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Textual Life of Airports: Reading the Culture of Flight\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) and \u003ci\u003eThe End of Airports \u003c\/i\u003e(2015) and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eDeconstructing Brad Pitt\u003c\/i\u003e (2014). He is series co-editor (with Ian Bogost) of Bloomsbury's Object Lessons.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBogost, Ian:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Ian Bogost is Ivan Allen College Distinguished Chair in Media Studies and Professor of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Founding Partner at Persuasive Games LLC. Bogost is author or co-author of seven books: \u003ci\u003eUnit Operations \u003c\/i\u003e(2006), \u003ci\u003ePersuasive Games \u003c\/i\u003e(2007), \u003ci\u003eRacing the Beam\u003c\/i\u003e ( 2009), Newsgames (2010), \u003ci\u003eHow To Do Things with Videogames\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), \u003ci\u003eAlien Phenomenology \u003c\/i\u003e(University of Minnesota Press, 2012), and \u003ci\u003e10 PRINT CHR (205.5+RND(1)); Goto 10 \u003c\/i\u003e(2012). Bogost also creates videogames that cover topics as varied as airport security, disaffected workers, the petroleum industry, suburban errands, and tort reform. His games have been played by millions of people and exhibited internationally. His game A Slow Year, a collection of game poems for Atari, won the Vanguard and Virtuoso awards at the 2010 Indiecade Festival.","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50444701991186,"sku":"9781501367069","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a585ffcf-0632-4e37-adb2-4b067ae106d2.jpg?v=1729687357","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/football-9781501367069","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}