Sherri Grasmuck

Protecting Home

Class, Race, and Masculinity in Boys' Baseball

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Through an exploration of a boys' baseball league in a gentrifying neighbourhood of Philadelphia, this book reveals the accommodations and tensions that characterize multicultural encounters in contemporary US public life. Protecting Home offers an account for racial accommodation in a space that was previously known for conflict and exclusion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 154mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9780813535555
• ISBN-10: 0813535557
• Artikelnr.: 22485328

Autorenporträt

Grasmuck, Sherri

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables and Maps
Acknowledgments
1. Seeing the World in Neighborhood Baseball
2. The Neighborhood and Race Sponsorship: "A Dropped Third Strike"
3. The Clubhouse and Class Cultures: "Bringing the Infield In"
4. The Dugout and Masculinity Styles of Coaches: "Never Bail Out"
Vignette: Making Room for Lennie
5. The Bench and Boys' Culture: "The Heart of the Lineup"
6. Conclusion
Appendix: Methodological Considerations
Notes
Bibliography
Index