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Beschreibung
This is an anthology of 24 papers that were presented at the Fourteenth Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, held in June 2002, and co-sponsored by the State University of New York at Oneonta and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Subsequent to initial presentation, papers were revised and edited for publication. The anthology is divided into five parts: Timebend: Baseball as History; The Business of Baseball; Race: Soul of the Game; Baseball Media: Literature, Journalism, and Cinema; and Baseball Culture: Age, Sexuality, and Religion. Timebend: Baseball as History ruminates on the lingering resonance of the game's past. The Business of Baseball examines sport from a commercial perspective. Race: Soul of the Game chronicles the African-American experience in baseball. Baseball Media: Literature , Journalism, and Cinema analyzes depictions of the game in the popular arts. Baseball Culture: Age, Sexuality, and Religion explores the social fabric of sport. Each part contains multiple essays related by theme and topic. A guide to the paper follows.
This is an anthology of 24 papers that were presented at the Fourteenth Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, held in June 2002, and co-sponsored by the State University of New York at Oneonta and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Subsequent to initial presentation, papers were revised and edited for publication. The anthology is divided into five parts: Timebend: Baseball as History; The Business of Baseball; Race: Soul of the Game; Baseball Media: Literature, Journalism, and Cinema; and Baseball Culture: Age, Sexuality, and Religion. Timebend: Baseball as History ruminates on the lingering resonance of the game's past. The Business of Baseball examines sport from a commercial perspective. Race: Soul of the Game chronicles the African-American experience in baseball. Baseball Media: Literature , Journalism, and Cinema analyzes depictions of the game in the popular arts. Baseball Culture: Age, Sexuality, and Religion explores the social fabric of sport. Each part contains multiple essays related by theme and topic. A guide to the paper follows.
Über den Autor
William M. Simons is professor of history at the State University of New York-Oneonta. Alvin L. Hall is director of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions at East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents

Acknowledgments viii
Preface
Introduction

PART 1. TIMEBENDS: BASEBALL AS HISTORY

Keynote Address: Baseball Lives in the Depression Era

Country Baseball on the Eastern Shore of Maryland (1867-1921)

Pitcher at Twilight: Bill Monbouquette and the American Dream

The Segregation of Professional Baseball in Kansas (1895-1899)

PART 2. THE BUSINESS OF BASEBALL

Engineering Baseball: Branch Rickey's Innovative Approach to Baseball Management

The Pitch Men: Ty Cobb, Yogi Berra, and Cal Ripken, Jr.

Assessing Outcomes of Baseball Labor Negotiations

Letting the Gini Out of the Bottle: A Look at Inequality in Major League Baseball Since 1985

PART 3. RACE: SOUL OF THE GAME

In the Tradition of Jackie Robinson: Ozzie Virgil and the Integration of the Detroit Tigers

Jim Crows of a Feather: A Comparison of the Segregation and Desegregation Eras in Professional Baseball and Football

The Social Significance of Sport: Implications for Race and Baseball

Blacks in Baseball: Up from Neglect to Center Stage

PART 4. BASEBALL MEDIA: LITERATURE, JOURNALISM, AND CINEMA

Baseball and Ernest Hemingway

The Black Press and the Integration of Baseball: When to Stop the Cheering

Portrayals of Racial Minorities in Baseball Films

When New York Was the Capital of Baseball: Remembering Bob Cooke and the Herald Tribune

Types and Archetypes: The Characters of Baseball

The Changing Language of Baseball Writers in Historical Context (1900-2001)

PART 5. BASEBALL CULTURE: AGE, SEXUALITY, AND RELIGION

On Being Gay in Major League Baseball

When Baseball Players Wore Skirts: The Promotion of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

Baseball Heroes and Femme Fatales

Baseball and Its Appeal to Older Americans

Believing in Baseball: The Religious Power of Our National Pastime

Theology and Celebrity: How Celebrity Affects the Practice of Faith in Baseball

Index
Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
Genre: Importe, Sport
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Hobby & Freizeit
Thema: Ballsport
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780786415700
ISBN-10: 0786415703
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Simons, William M.
Redaktion: Simons, William M.
Zusammengestellt: Hall, Alvin L.
Hersteller: McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: William M. Simons
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.06.2003
Gewicht: 0,616 kg
Artikel-ID: 128597031