"Baseball as Community Identity: Cleveland, Ohio -- 1891-2012"

"Baseball as Community Identity: Cleveland, Ohio -- 1891-2012"

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ferguson, Matthew R.
Language:English
Published: Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK 2013
Subjects:
Business Costs
Business Community
Demographics
Economics
Folklore
History
Journalism
Marketing
Minority and Ethnic Groups
African Americans
Gender
Museums
Regional Studies
Religion
Rhetoric
Sociology
Sports Management
Urban Planning
Local History
Myth
Professional Baseball
Nostalgia
Business
Local Politics
Community Identity
Cleveland Indians
League Park
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Jacobs Field
Progressive Field
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1363301386
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-bgsu13633013862021-08-03T05:20:49Z "Baseball as Community Identity: Cleveland, Ohio -- 1891-2012" Ferguson, Matthew R. Business Costs Business Community Demographics Economics Folklore History Journalism Marketing Minority and Ethnic Groups African Americans Gender Museums Regional Studies Religion Rhetoric Sociology Sports Management Urban Planning Local History Myth Professional Baseball Nostalgia Business Local Politics Community Identity Cleveland Indians League Park Cleveland Municipal Stadium Jacobs Field Progressive Field Matt Ferguson argues in "Baseball as Community Identity: Cleveland, Ohio --1891-2012," that through studying key flashpoints in Cleveland baseball history by focusing on the history of League Park, Cleveland Municipal Stadium, and Jacobs/Progressive Field, the positive memories of Cleveland Indians fans, circulated among generations of the team's boosters, have functioned as a shared myth that conceals the negative realities of professional baseball as big business. Fans past and present have created a story of the stadium as a place of civic worship, the team members as familiar neighbors, and the game as an event where gender and race cease to divide. Fans have passed on their characterization of baseball as the great social leveler, providing an emotional glue to secure succeeding generations of loyal supporters, thus effectively disguising the hard and unromantic business of sport and community identity. 2013-04-11 English text Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1363301386 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1363301386 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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language English
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topic Business Costs
Business Community
Demographics
Economics
Folklore
History
Journalism
Marketing
Minority and Ethnic Groups
African Americans
Gender
Museums
Regional Studies
Religion
Rhetoric
Sociology
Sports Management
Urban Planning
Local History
Myth
Professional Baseball
Nostalgia
Business
Local Politics
Community Identity
Cleveland Indians
League Park
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Jacobs Field
Progressive Field
spellingShingle Business Costs
Business Community
Demographics
Economics
Folklore
History
Journalism
Marketing
Minority and Ethnic Groups
African Americans
Gender
Museums
Regional Studies
Religion
Rhetoric
Sociology
Sports Management
Urban Planning
Local History
Myth
Professional Baseball
Nostalgia
Business
Local Politics
Community Identity
Cleveland Indians
League Park
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Jacobs Field
Progressive Field
Ferguson, Matthew R.
"Baseball as Community Identity: Cleveland, Ohio -- 1891-2012"
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