ISBN:
9780226470276
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressourcece
DDC:
306.4/83
Keywords:
Sportfan
;
Identität
;
Sports spectators
;
Fans (Persons)
;
Identity (Psychology)
;
USA
Abstract:
There is one sound that will always be loudest in sports. It isn't the squeak of sneakers or the crunch of helmets; it isn't the grunts or even the stadium music. It's the deafening roar of sports fans. For those few among us on the outside, sports fandom - with its war paint and pennants, its pricey cable TV packages and esoteric stats reeled off like code - looks highly irrational, entertainment gone overboard. But as Erin C. Tarver demonstrates in this book, sports fandom becomes extraordinarily important to our psyche, a matter of the very essence of who we are. Why in the world, Tarver asks, would anyone care about how well a total stranger can throw a ball, or hit one with a bat, or toss one through a hoop? Because such activities and the massive public events that surround them form some of the most meaningful ritual identity practices we have today.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2017
,
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.7208/chicago/9780226470276.001.0001
URL:
http://chicago.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.7208/chicago/9780226470276.001.0001/upso-9780226469935
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226470276.001.0001
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