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Pictorial Softcover. Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. First Edition. 13 essays. Minor rubbing on cover, elsewise a bright, clean, tight copy sans other flaws. "This collection of fresh essays examines the intersection that baseball and social class, pointing to the conclusion that America's game, infused from its origins with a democratic mythos and founded on high-minded principles of meritocracy, is nonetheless fraught with problematic class contradictions. Each essayist has explored how class standing has influenced some aspect of the game as experienced by those who play it, those who watch it, those who write about it, and those who market it." 198 pages. LF2. …

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Paperback. Condition: New. This collection of fresh essays examines the intersection of baseball and social class, pointing to the conclusion that America's game, infused from its origins with a democratic mythos and founded on high-minded principles of meritocracy, is nonetheless fraught with problematic class contradictions. Each essayist has explored how class standing has influenced some aspect of the game as experienced by those who play it, those who watch it, those who write about it, and those who market it. The topic of class is an amorphous one and in tying it to baseball the contributors have considered matters of race, education, locality, integration, assimilation, and cultural standing. These elements are crucial to understanding how baseball creates, preserves, reinforces and occasionally assails class divisions among those who watch, play, and own the game.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Baseball In Literature And American Culture Conference Series, 5; 243 pages.

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Paperback. Condition: New. 2006-2007 ed. The Conference on Baseball in Literature and American Culture has consistently produced a strong body of scholarship since its inception in 1995. The essays presented at the 2006 and 2007 conferences are published in this work.The topics covered include early baseball journalism; sportswriting as mythology; the Henry Wiggen baseball novels; fictionalized baseball broadcasts; racism, religious fundamentalism, patriotism and Marxism; Philip Roth's ""The Great American Novel""; Zane Grey; masculinity in Richard Greenberg's ""Take Me Out""; Willie Mays; Northern Exposure; Salvadore Dali and surrealism; baseball's economic trendsetters; Pete Rose; baseball literature in the classroom; and Jim Bunning's perfect game, among others.…

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 198 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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Paperback. Condition: New. The Conference on Baseball in Literature and American Culture has consistently produced a strong body of scholarship since its inception in 1995. Essays presented at the 2008 and 2009 conferences are published in the present work. Topics covered include religion; class and racial dichotomies in the literature of cricket and baseball; re-reading The Natural in the 21st century; the feminist movement; Don DeLillo's Game 6; baseball in Seinfeld; Robert B. Parker; Harry Stein's Hoopla; Negro league owner Tom Wilson's impact on Nashville; Major League Baseball's postwar boom; and overwrought baseball editorials, among others.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. This collection of fresh essays examines the intersection of baseball and social class, pointing to the conclusion that America's game, infused from its origins with a democratic mythos and founded on high-minded principles of meritocracy, is nonetheless fraught with problematic class contradictions. Each essayist has explored how class standing has influenced some aspect of the game as experienced by those who play it, those who watch it, those who write about it, and those who market it. The topic of class is an amorphous one and in tying it to baseball the contributors have considered matters of race, education, locality, integration, assimilation, and cultural standing. These elements are crucial to understanding how baseball creates, preserves, reinforces and occasionally assails class divisions among those who watch, play, and own the game.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 2006-2007 edition. 210 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 2008-2009 ed. edition. 243 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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Condition: New. pp. vii + 235 2008-2009 ed. edition.

Paperback. Condition: New. 2006-2007 ed. The Conference on Baseball in Literature and American Culture has consistently produced a strong body of scholarship since its inception in 1995. The essays presented at the 2006 and 2007 conferences are published in this work.The topics covered include early baseball journalism; sportswriting as mythology; the Henry Wiggen baseball novels; fictionalized baseball broadcasts; racism, religious fundamentalism, patriotism and Marxism; Philip Roth's ""The Great American Novel""; Zane Grey; masculinity in Richard Greenberg's ""Take Me Out""; Willie Mays; Northern Exposure; Salvadore Dali and surrealism; baseball's economic trendsetters; Pete Rose; baseball literature in the classroom; and Jim Bunning's perfect game, among others.…