Rooting for the Home Team 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. Some 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
Rooting for the Home Team cover a range of professional and amateur
athletics, including teams in basketball, football, baseball, and
even the phenomenon of no-glove softball. Contributors 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. Zang.
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