Baseball and Cultural Heritage (eBook)

Gregory Ramshaw, Sean Gammon (Herausgeber)

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2022
278 Seiten
University Press of Florida (Verlag)
978-0-8130-7021-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Theinfluence of baseball heritage in society and cultureBaseballspast has been lauded, romanticized, and idealized, and much has been writtenabout both the sport and its history. This is the first volume to explore theunderstudied side of baseballhow its heritage is understood, interpreted,commodified, and performed for various purposes today.Theseessays reveal how baseballs heritage can be a source of great enjoyment andinspiration, tracing its influence on constructed environments, such asstadiums and monuments, and food and popular culture. The contributors discusshow its heritage can be used to address social, political, and economic aimsand agendas and can reveal tensions about whose past is remembered and whose islaid aside. Contributors address race and racism in the sport, representations ofwomen in baseball, ballparks as repositories for baseballs heritage, and therole of museums in generating the games heritage narrative.Providingperspectives on the social impact and influence of baseball in the UnitedStates, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Brazil, the Caribbean, and the UnitedKingdom, Baseball and Cultural Heritageshows how the performance of baseball heritage can reflect the culture andheritage of a nation.A volumein the series Cultural Heritage Studies, edited by Paul A. Shackel

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.10.2022
• Reihe/Serie: Cultural Heritage Studies
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
• Schlagworte: African American athletes • ballparks • baltimore orioles • baseball heritage • Baseball Heroes • Baseball Nostalgia • Cooperstown • Fandom • Hall of Fame • Heritage Conservation • heritage sport tourism • Japan • Korean Baseball • legacy • Memorabilia • National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum • Negro Leagues • Retro ballparks • simulacrum • South Korea • Spectator • Sport and race • Sport History • sporting heroes • Sport Mark • Sport Museums • Sportscape • sports nostalgia • Sport Statues • Sport Tourism • Stadiums • The Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory • The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum • women in baseball • women in sports
• ISBN-10: 0-8130-7021-X / 081307021X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8130-7021-6 / 9780813070216