{"product_id":"rooting-for-the-home-team-hardback-9780252037610","title":"Rooting for the Home Team (Hardback) 9780252037610","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRooting for the Home Team\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\"\u003eDaniel A. Nathan (Edited by), Amy Bass (Contributions by), Susan Cahn (Contributions by), Mark Dyreson (Contributions by), Michael Ezra (Contributions by), Elliott J. Gorn (Contributions by), Christopher Lamberti (Contributions by), Allison Lauterbach (Contributions by), Catherine M. Lewis (Contributions by), Shelley Lucas (Contributions by), Daniel A. Nathan (Contributions by), Michael Oriard (Contributions by), Carlo Rotella (Contributions by), Jaime Schultz (Contributions by), Mike Tanier (Contributions by), David K. Wiggins (Contributions by), David W. Zang (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780252037610\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 2 May 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages, 10 black and white photographs\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.481 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCo-winner, North American Society for Sport History Book Award, Anthology, 2014. \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"This collection points to some of the ways to rewrite sport's meanings and shows how and why doing so matters, academically, emotionally, and as part of the politics of the everyday beyond the commodified, commercialized and financial worlds of late capitalist sport-as-culture-industry.\"--\u003ci\u003eSport in History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"This fine anthology shows the confluence of sport, identity, and community in a variety of settings. Outstanding essays by skilled writers.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e--Ronald A. Smith, author of \u003ci\u003ePay for Play: A History of Big-Time College Athletic Reform\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"These accessible, illustrative essays—written by scholars of sport studies, American studies, and history—are stories about teams and times, voice and victories, pride and privilege. In sum, the book emphasizes the functional aspects of sports—the fact that through sports people feel connected to one another. Recommended.\"--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"The book offers unexpected insight into how sports communities are used to shore up a mythologized American past.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of Sport History\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cu\u003eRooting for the Home Team\u003c\/u\u003e 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. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSome of the wide-ranging essays point out that financial interests also play a significant role in encouraging fan bases, and modern media have made every seasonal sport into yearlong obsessions. Celebrities show up for big games, politicians throw out first pitches, and taxpayers pay plenty for new stadiums and arenas. The essays in \u003cu\u003eRooting for the Home Team\u003c\/u\u003e cover a range of professional and amateur athletics, including teams in basketball, football, baseball, and even the phenomenon of no-glove softball.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eContributors are Amy Bass, Susan Cahn, Mark Dyreson, Michael Ezra, Elliott J. Gorn, Christopher Lamberti, Allison Lauterbach, Catherine M. Lewis, Shelley Lucas, Daniel A. Nathan, Michael Oriard, Carlo Rotella, Jaime Schultz, Mike Tanier, David K. Wiggins, and David W. 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