A house of cards [[electronic resource] ] : baseball card collecting and popular culture / / John Bloom
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| Autore: |
Bloom John <1962->
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| Titolo: |
A house of cards [[electronic resource] ] : baseball card collecting and popular culture / / John Bloom
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| Pubblicazione: | Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1997 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (154 p.) |
| 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 | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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 |
| ISBN: | 0-8166-8772-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910451479803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
American culture (Minneapolis, Minn.) ; ; 12.