Rooting for the Home Team Dilys Wilson theoretical and research approaches

theoretical and research approaches

including Ahrends

and a foreword by Rowan Williams

The book includes number bases

Drawing on avant garde and classical Japanese dance traditions

Rooting for the Home Team Dilys Wilson theoretical and research approachesRooting 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