Pukey Jocks: BBS Productions’ Drive, He Said (1971) and the Cultural Revolution in Sports

TRAVIS Vogan

doi:10.1017/S0021875824000665

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Pukey Jocks: BBS Productions’ Drive, He Said (1971) and the Cultural Revolution in Sports

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Pukey Jocks: BBS Productions’ Drive, He Said (1971) and the Cultural Revolution in Sports

TRAVIS Vogan

Journal of American studies

01/16/2025

DOI: 10.1017/S0021875824000665

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This essay uses BBS Productions’ Drive, He Said (1971) to consider how New Hollywood cinema and a cluster of campus revolt films contributed to activist critiques of American sport during the Vietnam era. Drive, He Said conceptualized a “pukey jock,” an athlete who was ambivalent about sport's stereotypical embodiment of establishmentarian values. In doing so, it created a template for the emergence of a new kind of politicized athlete that emerged in the 1970s.

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Title: Subtitle: Pukey Jocks: BBS Productions’ Drive, He Said (1971) and the Cultural Revolution in Sports
Creators: TRAVIS Vogan - University of Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of American studies
DOI: 10.1017/S0021875824000665
ISSN: 0021-8758
eISSN: 1469-5154
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Electronic publication date: 01/16/2025
Academic Unit: School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Record Identifier: 9984775263802771

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