Tennis and philosophy  what the racket is all about / 
edited by David Baggett. 
 - Lexington :  University Press of Kentucky,  (c)2010. 
 - 1 online resource (294 pages). 
 - The philosophy of popular culture .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Federer as religious experience /  Why Roger Federer is the best: or is it McEnroe? /  Why are all tennis films bad? /  Excuses, excuses: inside the mind of a complainer /  Authoritarian tennis parents: are their children really any worse off? /  "You cannot be serious!" The ethics of rage in tennis /  Love-love: a fresh start at finding value and virtue in tennis /  A court conversation /  Stabbing Seles: fans and fair play /  The "Kournikova phenomenon" /  Losing beautifully /  Arthur Ashe: philosopher in motion /  The ridiculous meets the radical in the battle of the sexes /  Friendship, rivalry, and excellence /  David Foster Wallace --  David Baggett --  Mark R. Huston --  Kevin Kinghorn --  Kevin Kinghorn --  David Detmer --  Tommy Valentini --  Robert R. Clewis --  Mark W. Foreman --  Helen Ditouras --  Mark R. Huston --  Jeanine Weekes Schroer --  Maureen Linker --  David Baggett and Neil Delaney Jr. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813150215 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Tennis.<br/>Tennis--Philosophy.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV995  / .T466 2010