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A house of cards : baseball card collecting and popular culture / John Bloom.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bloom, John, 1962-
- Series:
- American culture (Minneapolis, Minn.) ; 12.
- American culture ; v. 12
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baseball cards--Collectors and collecting--Social aspects--United States.
- Baseball cards.
- Popular culture--United States--History.
- Popular culture.
- Men--United States--Psychology.
- Men.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (154 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- From interviews with collectors, dealers, and hobbyists as well as analyses of the baseball card industry and extensive firsthand observations, John Bloom explores what this hobby tells us about nostalgia, work, play, masculinity, and race and gender relations among collectors.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Baseball Card Industry; 2. Venues of Exchange and Adult Collecting; 3. Collecting Sets; 4. Adult Male Baseball Card Collecting, Nostalgia, and the Cultural Politics of Gender and Race during the 1970's and 1980's; Conclusion; Notes on Methodology; Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-135) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-8772-2
- OCLC:
- 476094272
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