Cheering For Self: An Ethnography of the Basketball Event

by James S. Vass Jr.

This paper is a study of UW men's basketball fans during the 2001-2002 season and explores their proclivity to 'cheering for self' during basketball events. The term 'basketball event' is used rather than 'basketball game' to make clear that everything connected to and seen, heard, or experienced before, during and after a basketball game is included. The actual game itself is only part of the 'basketball event.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595279805
• ISBN13: 9780595279807
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 9.1"