With the Boys: Little League Baseball and Preadolescent Culture Contributor(s): Fine, Gary Alan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226249379 ISBN-13: 9780226249377 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $33.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1987 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - General - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Children's Studies |
Dewey: 796.357 |
LCCN: 86016056 |
Series: Chicago Original Paperback |
Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6" W x 9" (0.99 lbs) 304 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: What are boys like? Who is the creature inhabiting the twilight zone between the perils of the Oedipus complex and the Strum und Drang of puberty? In With the Boys, Gary Alan Fine examines the American male preadolescent by studying the world of Little League baseball. Drawings on three years of firsthand observation of five Little Leagues, Fine describes how, through organized sport and its accompanying activities, boys learn to play, work, and generally be men. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fine, Gary Alan: - Gary Alan Fine is the James E. Johnson Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University. |