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Rooting for the Home Team : Sport, Community, and Identity /

This book examines how various American communities create and maintain a sense of collective identity through sports. Looking at large cities such as Chicago, Baltimore, and Los Angeles, as well as small rural towns, suburbs, and college towns, the contributors consider the idea that rooting for lo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Nathan, Daniel A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Introduction : sport, community, and identity / Daniel A. Nathan -- Basketball and magic in "Middletown" : locating sport and culture in American social science / Mark Dyreson -- The biggest "classic" of them all : the Howard University and Lincoln University Thanksgiving Day football games, 1919-1929 / David K. Wiggins -- Bobby Jones, southern identity, and the preservation of privilege / Catherine M. Lewis -- Football town under Friday night lights : high school football and American dreams / Michael Oriard -- Girls' six-player basketball : "the essence of small-town life in Iowa" / Jaime Schultz and Shelley Lucas -- Chicago's game / Christopher Lamberti -- The Baltimore blues : the Colts and civic identity / Daniel A. Nathan -- The voice of Los Angeles / Elliott J. Gorn and Allison Lauterbach -- We believe : the anatomy of Red Sox nation / Amy Bass -- American Brigadoon : Joe Paterno's Happy Valley / David W. Zang -- Jayhawk pride / Michael Ezra -- Finding my place : a sports odyssey / Susan Cahn -- A Philadelphia nocturne / Mike Tanier -- The cult of Micky Ward in Massachusetts / Carlo Rotella. 
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