Boobie Miles
Failure and Friday Night Lights
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2349291 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Samantha N Sheppard (0000-0002-3368-7270, Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences, Ithaca, NY, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 319-340 |
| Publication date | 2019-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Sport and Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0193-7235 • E-ISSN: 1552-7638 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0193723519840501 |
| OpenAlex | W2939127641 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 15 |
This essay examines the sporting failures and racial iconicity of James 'Boobie' Miles, whose athletic performance of defeat on the gridiron is chronicled in H. G. Bissinger's bestselling nonfiction book Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, A Dream (1990), Peter Berg's film adaptation Friday Night Lights (2004), and Big K.R.I.T.'s songs and music videos 'Hometown Hero' from his album K.R.I.T. Wuz Here (2010) and 'Boobie Miles' from his album 4eva N a Day (2012). Examining how the film displaces defeat, locating its effects and affects in the injured running back, I unpack the ways (Black) popular culture reclaims Boobie's embodied failures on screen as a site of rhetorical agency and oppositional theorizing
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Dream · Gable · HERO · Literature · Media studies · Performance art · Sociology · Visual arts · American Sports and Literature · History · Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |