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The Baseball Glove: History, Material, Meaning, and Value

The Baseball Glove: History, Material, Meaning, and Value

Jenemann, David

Paperback

Series: Routledge Series for Creative Teaching and Learning in Anthr

FictionBaseball & SoftballGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1138682047
ISBN13: 9781138682047
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jun 7 2018
Pages: 158
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.90 Depth: 9.90
Language: English

The baseball glove is a ubiquitous item, a crucial piece of equipment in the game of baseball, and it offers the opportunity to examine the production of material culture and social practice at numerous levels. Where and how is a glove made, and how does its manufacture square with the narratives surrounding its place in American cultural life? What are the myths, superstitions, and beliefs surrounding its acquisition, care, use, and significance? How does a glove function as the center of a web of cultural practices that illustrate how individuals relate to a consumer good as a symbol of memory, personal narrative, and national identity? How do the manufacturers of baseball gloves draw upon, promote, and in some sense create these practices? How do these practices and meanings change in other national and cultural contexts?

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