{"product_id":"baseball-and-cultural-heritage-hardcover","title":"Baseball and Cultural Heritage - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGregory Ramshaw\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSean Gammon\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe influence of baseball heritage in society and culture \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaseball's past has been lauded, romanticized, and idealized, and much has been written about both the sport and its history. This is the first volume to explore the understudied side of baseball--how its heritage is understood, interpreted, commodified, and performed for various purposes today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese essays reveal how baseball's heritage can be a source of great enjoyment and inspiration, tracing its influence on constructed environments, such as stadiums and monuments, and food and popular culture. The contributors discuss how its heritage can be used to address social, political, and economic aims and agendas and can reveal tensions about whose past is remembered and whose is laid aside. Contributors address race and racism in the sport, representations of women in baseball, ballparks as repositories for baseball's heritage, and the role of museums in generating the game's heritage narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProviding perspectives on the social impact and influence of baseball in the United States, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Brazil, the Caribbean, and the United Kingdom, \u003cem\u003eBaseball and Cultural Heritage\u003c\/em\u003e shows how the performance of baseball heritage can reflect the culture and heritage of a nation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA volume in the series Cultural Heritage Studies, edited by Paul A. Shackel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGregory Ramshaw\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of\u003cbr\u003eparks, recreation, and tourism management at Clemson University, is the author\u003cbr\u003eof \u003ci\u003eHeritage and Sport: An Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e Sean Gammon, a reader in leisure and tourism management at the University of Central Lancashire, is the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eHeritage and the Olympics: People, Place and Performance\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 278\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50405341331693,"sku":"9780813069401","price":145.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/baseball-and-cultural-heritage-hardcover","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}