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.
2019718058
Sports--Social aspects--United States.
Sports--United States.
Electronic Books.
GV706 / .R668 2013
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.
2019718058
Sports--Social aspects--United States.
Sports--United States.
Electronic Books.
GV706 / .R668 2013