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Loving sports when they don't love you back : dilemmas of the modern fan / Jessica Luther and Kavitha A. Davidson.

Luther, Jessica, (author.). Davidson, Kavitha A., (author.).

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  • ISBN: 9781477313138
  • ISBN: 1477313133
  • Physical Description: 328 pages ; 23 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2020]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Watching football when we know (even a little) about brain trauma -- Forgiving the doper you love -- Cheering for a team with a racist mascot -- Embracing tennis despite its inequities-- Coping when the sports you love are anti-LGBTQ+ -- Watching women's basketball when people tell you you're the only one -- Consuming sports media ...even if you don't look like the people on TV -- Rooting for your team when the star is accused of domestic violence -- Loving your team when hate your owner -- How I l learned to stop worrying and love baseball's free market -- Doubling down on your March Madness bracket even if the athletes don't make a dime -- Living with the new stadium you didn't want to pay for -- Enjoying the Olympics despite the harm to your community -- Embracing that athletes -- and sports -- are political.
Subject: Sports spectators > United States > Attitudes.
Sports > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Sports > Social aspects > United States.
Sports > Economic aspects > United States.

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