TY - BOOK ID - 77894530 TI - Rooting for the home team : sport, community, and identity PY - 2013 SN - 129946341X 0252094859 9780252094859 9780252037610 9780252079146 0252037618 0252079140 PB - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, DB - UniCat KW - Sports KW - Field sports KW - Pastimes KW - Recreations KW - Recreation KW - Athletics KW - Games KW - Outdoor life KW - Physical education and training KW - Social aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77894530 AB - This title 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. ER -