We Average Unbeautiful Watchers : Fan Narratives and the Reading of American Sports /

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"Sports fandom--often more than religious, political, or regional affiliation--determines how millions of Americans define themselves. In We Average Unbeautiful Watchers, Noah Cohan examines contemporary sports culture to show how mass-mediated athletics are in fact richly textured narrative en...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cohan, Noah (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sports spectators > Psychology.
Sports > Psychological aspects.
Sports journalism.
Sports in literature.
Racism in sports.
Mass media and sports.
Identity (Psychology)
SPORTS & RECREATION > Sociology of Sports.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Presse sportive > États-Unis.
Sports dans la litterature.
Identite (Psychologie) > États-Unis.
Racisme dans les sports > États-Unis.
Medias et sports > États-Unis.
Supporters > États-Unis > Psychologie.
Sports journalism > United States.
Identity (Psychology) > United States.
Sports > United States > Psychological aspects.
Racism in sports > United States.
Mass media and sports > United States.
Sports spectators > United States > Psychology.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • So we fabricate : baseball and the unfriendly confines of history
  • It was my fate, my destiny, my end, to be a fan : football, mental illness, and the autobiographical novel
  • Race in the basketball memoir : fan identity and the eros of "a Black man's game"
  • It's been a problem with me and women : failed masculinities in depictions of sports fans on film
  • Reimagined communities : web-mediated fandom and new narrative possibilities for sport.

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