Friday Night Lights (1990) Book Summary

  Guidelines for Book Summary and Critique # 2: BOOK: Bissinger, H.G (1990) Friday Night Lights Write a 1500 word critique and summary of "Friday Night Lights" by Bissinger. Include in your paper: ? How does the history of Odessa influence the culture that exists around football? For example, why is football so important to Odessa? ? How does culture around football reinforce dominant ideologies concerning gender roles and issues of race? ? Critically examine the above points and provide you own insight into your agreements and disagreements with the author's ideas. ? Provide examples from the book to highlight your thoughts but limit the use of extended quotations.