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- Title
Pittsburgh in Fort Worth: Football Bars, Sports Television, Sports Fandom, and the Management of Home.
- Authors
Kraszewski, Jon
- Abstract
This article examines how sports fandom fits into the nexus of late capitalism, displacement, and identity within the United States. The article adds to a growing literature on late capitalism and sports fandom by analyzing how displaced fans look to sports teams from their former places of residence as a way to understand "home." An ethnography of a Pittsburgh Steelers fan club in Fort Worth, Texas, is used as a case study. Drawing on the fields of television studies and cultural geography as well as the- ones of diaspora, this article argues that sports fandom allows displaced people the ability to reconnect with and manage the irreconcilable tensions of home.
- Subjects
PITTSBURGH (Pa.); PENNSYLVANIA; SPORTS; TELEVISION &; sports; ATHLETICS; CAPITALISM; PITTSBURGH Steelers (Football team)
- Publication
Journal of Sport & Social Issues, 2008, Vol 32, Issue 2, p139
- ISSN
0193-7235
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0193723508316377