Rooting for the home team : sport, community, and identity / edited by Daniel A. Nathan.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2013.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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Contents:
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.
Subject: Civic pride and personal identity in local sports teams.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

Civic pride and personal identity in local sports teams.

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