{"product_id":"baseball-and-cultural-heritage-hardback-9780813069401","title":"Baseball and Cultural Heritage (Hardback) 9780813069401","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBaseball and Cultural Heritage\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGregory Ramshaw (Edited by), Sean Gammon (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813069401\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 11 October 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e278 pages, 22 b\/w illus, 2 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.363 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe\ninfluence of baseball heritage in society and culture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBaseball’s\npast has been lauded, romanticized, and idealized, and much has been written\nabout both the sport and its history. This is the first volume to explore the\nunderstudied side of baseball—how its heritage is understood, interpreted,\ncommodified, and performed for various purposes today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese\nessays reveal how baseball’s heritage can be a source of great enjoyment and\ninspiration, tracing its influence on constructed environments, such as\nstadiums and monuments, and food and popular culture. The contributors discuss\nhow its heritage can be used to address social, political, and economic aims\nand agendas and can reveal tensions about whose past is remembered and whose is\nlaid aside. Contributors address race and racism in the sport, representations of\nwomen in baseball, ballparks as repositories for baseball’s heritage, and the\nrole of museums in generating the game’s heritage narrative.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProviding\nperspectives on the social impact and influence of baseball in the United\nStates, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Brazil, the Caribbean, and the United\nKingdom, \u003ci\u003eBaseball and Cultural Heritage\u003c\/i\u003e\nshows how the performance of baseball heritage can reflect the culture and\nheritage of a nation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA volume\nin the series Cultural Heritage Studies, edited by Paul A. Shackel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559265726744,"sku":"9780813069401","price":53.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/baseball-and-cultural-heritage-hardback-9780813069401","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}