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Contesting Identities: Sports in American Film (1st Edition) by Aaron Baker Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2006 ISBN-10: 0-252-07354-1 / 0252073541 ISBN-13: 978-0-252-07354-0 / 9780252073540 Baker shows that even as sports films tackle socially constructed identities such as class, race, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender, they ultimately underscore transcendence of these identities through self-reliance. In addition to discussing the genre's recurring dramatic tropes, Baker also looks at |