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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
2013
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | 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 local athletes and home teams often symbolizes a community's preferred understanding of itself, and that doing so is an expression of connectedness, public pride and pleasure, and personal identity. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780252094859 0252094859 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
