More Than a Pastime

An Oral History of Baseball Fans

William Freedman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

263 Seiten

2014
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-9381-4 (ISBN)

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Basing his claims on more than 130 in-depth interviews with baseball fans from ages 10 to 80, the author arrives at some extraordinary conclusions about the prismatic richness of the fan's experience of baseball and its importance in his or her life. The responses, 40 of which are reproduced in this oral history, suggest three major hypotheses: that how the youthful fan regards the game is a resonant expression of his personality, his family and social situation, and his fundamental needs; that baseball, far more than a pastime or idle entertainment, serves a number of extremely important emotional and developmental functions; and that one of baseball's less frequently heralded virtues is its extraordinary richness, its capacity to turn a different face to almost every fan and to satisfy that remarkably wide range of personalities, backgrounds, and needs.

William Freedman, professor emeritus of English literature at the University of Haifa, currently teaches part time and serves on the board of governors of The Sakhnin College for Teacher Education in Sakhnin, Israel. He has published numerous books and essays of literary criticism and three books of poetry.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

1 Moral Landscape, Mentor, Proof

2 Striving for Excellence and Perfection

3 Empowerment

4 The Contained Aesthetic Object, the Mirroring Work of Art

5 Not Just Fathers and Sons

6 A Sense of Belonging

7 Identification

8 Formation of Identity and Character

9 Rescue, Fun, and All the Rest: A Concluding Miscellany

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.11.2014
Zusatzinfo	notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	358 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-7864-9381-X / 078649381X
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-9381-4 / 9780786493814
Zustand	Neuware