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4. Hero or Mascot? Fantasies of Identifi cation

  • Erin C. Tarver
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The I in Team
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© 2019 University of Chicago Press

© 2019 University of Chicago Press

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction: Sports Fandom and Identity 1
  4. 1. Who Is a Fan? 8
  5. 2. Sports Fandom as Practice of Subjectivization 24
  6. 3. Putting the “We” in “We’re Number One”: Mascots, Team, and Community Identity 56
  7. 4. Hero or Mascot? Fantasies of Identifi cation 79
  8. 5. “Honey Badger Takes What He Wants”: Southern Collegiate Athletics and the Mascotting of Black Masculinity 109
  9. 6. From Mascot to Danger 143
  10. 7. Women on the Margins of Sports Fandom 171
  11. Acknowledgments 205
  12. Notes 207
  13. References 215
  14. Index 229
https://doi.org/10.7208/9780226470276-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction: Sports Fandom and Identity 1
  4. 1. Who Is a Fan? 8
  5. 2. Sports Fandom as Practice of Subjectivization 24
  6. 3. Putting the “We” in “We’re Number One”: Mascots, Team, and Community Identity 56
  7. 4. Hero or Mascot? Fantasies of Identifi cation 79
  8. 5. “Honey Badger Takes What He Wants”: Southern Collegiate Athletics and the Mascotting of Black Masculinity 109
  9. 6. From Mascot to Danger 143
  10. 7. Women on the Margins of Sports Fandom 171
  11. Acknowledgments 205
  12. Notes 207
  13. References 215
  14. Index 229
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