Horsehide, Pigskin, Oval Tracks and Apple Pie: Essays on Sports and American Culture / Edition 1

by James A. Vlasich

Overview

This work brings together 16 of the best presentations on sport from the conferences of the Popular Culture Association. Topics include baseball (the 1941 World Series, the career of Stan Musial, Italian Americans in the game, and Japanese players), golf (Tiger Woods, and the culture wars over women at Augusta National), football (integration at UCLA, the controversy over the Indian mascot at Florida State, and the creation of the New Orleans Saints), auto racing (the revival of dirt tracks, racing's roots in Virginia, NASCAR in Eastern Iowa, and the NASCAR fan), and sports and men (marketing in hockey, social class and fishing, and Muhammad Ali's last stand). Together the essays demonstrate that sports are deeply woven into the fabric of American culture--a tapestry of society with all its heroism and triumph, failures and flaws.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786423972
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	12/26/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.47(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

James A. Vlasich is professor emeritus of history in the Department of History and Sociology at Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah. He is also the Sports Area chair of the Popular Culture Association.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     
Preface    
Introduction    

PART I. BASEBALL
1. The Fireman and the Mitt: The 1941 New York Yankees-Brooklyn Dodgers World Series     
2. Eight Ways of Looking at a Musial     

PART II. BASEBALL AND ETHNICITY
3. “Poos ’Em Up, Tony!”—Italian Americans and Baseball     
4. Ichiro, Godzilla, and the American Dream: Japanese Players in Major League Baseball     

PART III. GOLF
5. Tiger Woods: Golf’’s Modern Catalyst for Change     
6. The Masters on Trial: Culture Wars Over Women Members at Augusta National Golf Club     

PART IV. FOOTBALL
7. “On the Threshold of Broad and Rich Football Pastures”: Integrated College Football at UCLA (1938–1941)     
8. Holy War on the Football Field: Religion and the Florida State University Indian Mascot Controversy    
9. New Orleans Becomes a Big League City: The NFL-AFL Merger and the Creation of the New Orleans Saints     

PART V. CAR RACING
10. Weekend Warriors: The Survival and Revival of American Dirt-Track Racing     
11. Racing’s Roots in the Virginia Landscape     
12. Kickin’ Up Dirt and Puttin’ Down Roots: Keith Simmons and NASCAR’s Dodge Weekly Racing Series in Eastern Iowa     
13. The NASCAR Fan as Emotional Stakeholder: Changing the Sport, Changing the Fan Culture     

PART VI. SPORTS NOT FOR MEN ONLY
14. Marketing Multiple Mythologies of Masculinity: Television Advertising and the National Hockey League     
15. Social Class and Fishing: Fly Fishers vs. the Other    
16. Ali’s Last Hurrah     

About the Contributors     
Index