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A house of cards : baseball card collecting and popular culture / / John Bloom



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Autore: Bloom John <1962-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: A house of cards : baseball card collecting and popular culture / / John Bloom Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1997
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (154 pages)
Disciplina: 796.357/0973/075
796.357075
796.3570973075
Soggetto topico: Baseball cards - Collectors and collecting - Social aspects - United States
Popular culture - United States - History
Men - United States - Psychology
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-135) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Baseball Card Industry; 2. Venues of Exchange and Adult Collecting; 3. Collecting Sets; 4. Adult Male Baseball Card Collecting, Nostalgia, and the Cultural Politics of Gender and Race during the 1970's and 1980's; Conclusion; Notes on Methodology; Notes; References; Index
Sommario/riassunto: From interviews with collectors, dealers, and hobbyists as well as analyses of the baseball card industry and extensive firsthand observations, John Bloom explores what this hobby tells us about nostalgia, work, play, masculinity, and race and gender relations among collectors.
Titolo autorizzato: A house of cards  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8166-8772-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910817350303321
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Serie: American culture (Minneapolis, Minn.) ; ; 12.