True Believers: The Tragic Inner Life of Sports Fans

Queenan, Joe

ISBN 10: 0805069798 / ISBN 13: 9780805069792

Verlag: Henry Holt and Co., 2003

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers BSM.14ZVL

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For Yankee, Cowboy, and Laker fans the answer is fairly clear: the return on investment is relatively high. But why do people root so passionately for tragically inept teams like the Boston Red Sox, the Chicago Cubs, and the Philadelphia Phillies? Why do people organize their emotional lives around lackluster franchises such as the Cleveland Cavaliers, the San Diego Padres, and the Phoenix Suns, none of whom have ever won a single championship in their entire history? Is it pure tribalism? An attempt to maintain contact with one's vanished childhood? In True Believers, humorist and lifelong Philly fan Joe Queenan answers these and many other questions, shedding light on-and reveling in-the culture and psychology of his countless fellow fans.Making pilgrimages to such cradles of competition as Notre Dame Stadium, Fenway, and Wrigley Field, Queenan delves into every aspect of fandom in such illuminating chapters as Fans Who Love Too Much (men, like the author, who actually resort to psychotherapy to deal with their unhealthy addiction), Fans Who Run in Front (which meticulously delineates the differences between Retroactive, Municipal, and Vicarious Frontrunners), and Fans Who Misbehave (those who spill beer on women, moon other fans, or throw half-eaten sandwiches at innocent bystanders simply because they look like the current coach of the New York Jets). True Believers is a hilarious but also heartfelt look into the world of those fans who realize that it is, in fact, more than just a game.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: The author of the bestselling Balsamic Dreams (Picador 0-312-42120-6), Joe Queenan is a contributing editor at GQ and writes the column “Good Fences” for The New York Times. He lives in Tarrytown, New York.

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Titel: True Believers: The Tragic Inner Life of ...
Verlag: Henry Holt and Co.
Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
Einband: Hardcover
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