ISBN:
0813537614
,
9780813537610
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xiii, 247 p., [16] p. of plates)
,
col. ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Grasmuck, Sherri Protecting home
DDC:
306.483
Keywords:
Baseball for children Case studies
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Social aspects
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Pennsylvania
;
Philadelphia
;
Boys Case studies
;
Social conditions
;
Pennsylvania
;
Philadelphia
;
Philadelphia (Pa.) Case studies
;
Social conditions
;
21st century
;
Masculinity Case studies
;
Base-ball pour enfants Cas, Études de
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Aspect social
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Pennsylvanie
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Philadelphie
;
Garçons Cas, Études de
;
Conditions sociales
;
Pennsylvanie
;
Philadelphie
;
Philadelphie (Penns.) Cas, Études de
;
Conditions sociales
;
21e siècle
;
Masculinité Cas, Études de
;
Boys Case studies Social conditions
;
Philadelphia (Pa.) Case studies Social conditions 21st century
;
Masculinity Case studies
;
Baseball for children Case studies Social aspects
;
Baseball for children Social aspects
;
Pennsylvania
;
Philadelphia
;
Boys Social conditions
;
Pennsylvania
;
Philadelphia
;
Electronic books
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Masculinity
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SPORTS & RECREATION ; Sociology of Sports
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Baseball for children ; Social aspects
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Boys ; Social conditions
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Baseball
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Junge
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Case studies
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Fallstudiensammlung
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Philadelphia (Pa.) Social conditions
;
21st century
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Philadelphia 〈Pa.〉
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Pennsylvania ; Philadelphia
;
Philadelphia 〈Pa.〉
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Electronic books
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Electronic books Fallstudiensammlung
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Fallstudiensammlung
;
Fallstudiensammlung
;
Fallstudiensammlung
;
Fallstudiensammlung
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Fallstudiensammlung
Abstract:
Annotation
Abstract:
Seeing the world in neighborhood baseball -- The neighborhood and race sponsorship: "a dropped third strike." Vignette: Kate's quiet championship -- The clubhouse and class cultures: "bringing the infield in." Vignette: How parents get on base -- The dugout and the masculinity styles of coaches: "never bail out." Vignette: making room for Lennie -- The bench and boys' culture: "the heart of the lineup."
Abstract:
What can neighborhood baseball tell us about class and gender cultures, urban change, and the ways that communities value public space? Through a close exploration of a boys' baseball league in a gentrifying neighborhood of Philadelphia, sociologist Sherri Grasmuck reveals the accommodations and tensions that characterize multicultural encounters in contemporary American public life. Based on years of ethnographic observation and interviews with children, parents, and coaches, Protecting Home offers an analysis of the factors that account for racial accommodation in a space that was previously known for racial conflict and exclusion. Grasmuck argues that the institutional arrangements and social characteristics of children's baseball create a cooperative environment for the negotiation of social, cultural, and class differences. Chapters explore coaching styles, parental involvement, institutional politics, parent-child relations, and children's experiences. Grasmuck identifies differences in the ways that the mostly white, working-class "old-timers" and the racially diverse professional newcomers relate to the neighborhood. These distinctions reflect a competing sense of cultural values related to individual responsibility toward public space, group solidarity, appropriate masculine identities, and how best to promote children's interests-a contrast between "hierarchical communalism" and "child-centered individualism." Through an innovative combination of narrative approaches, this book succeeds both in capturing the immediacy of boys' interaction at the playing field and in contributing to sophisticated theoretical debates in urban studies, the sociology of childhood, and masculinity studies
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-242) and index. - Description based on print version record
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https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813537610
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