Rooting for the home team : sport, community, and identity /

Rooting for the home team : sport, community, and identity / edited by Daniel A. Nathan. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

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

Civic pride and personal identity in local sports teams.



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Sports--Social aspects--United States.
Sports--United States.


Electronic Books.

GV706 / .R668 2013