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Pittsburgh in Fort Worth: Football Bars, Sports Television, Sports Fandom, and the Management of Home
Journal of Sport and Social Issues (2008)
  • Jonathan Kraszewski, Ph.D., Seton Hall University
Abstract
This article examines how sports fandom fits into the nexus of late capitalism, displacement, and identity within the United States. The article adds to a growing literature on late capitalism and sports fandom by analyzing how displaced fans look to sports teams from their former places of residence as a way to understand “home.” An ethnography of a Pittsburgh Steelers fan club in Fort Worth, Texas, is used as a case study. Drawing on the fields of television studies and cultural geography as well as theories of diaspora, this article argues that sports fandom allows displaced people the ability to reconnect with and manage the irreconcilable tensions of home.
Keywords
  • sports fandom,
  • displaced sports fans,
  • sports bars,
  • regional identities,
  • sports television
Disciplines
Publication Date
May 1, 2008
DOI
10.1177/0193723508316377
Citation Information
Jonathan Kraszewski. "Pittsburgh in Fort Worth: Football Bars, Sports Television, Sports Fandom, and the Management of Home" Journal of Sport and Social Issues Vol. 32 Iss. 2 (2008) p. 139 - 157 ISSN: 0193-7235
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jonathan-kraszewski/9/