Title & Author:

The theater of sport / edited by Karl B. Raitz.

Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995.

Description:

xiv, 460 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-446) and index.
The theater of sport : a landscape perspective / Karl B. Raitz -- Baseball / Brian J. Neilson -- Cricket / John Bale -- Soccer / Martyn Bowden -- Tennis / Bruce Ryan -- Basketball / Thomas J. Baerwald -- Football / John F. Rooney, Jr., and Audrey B. Davidson -- Golf / Robert L.A. Adams -- Stock car racing / Richard Pillsbury -- Rodeo / Mark J. Okrant and Paul F. Starrs -- Thoroughbred racing ; Fox hunting / Karl B. Raitz -- Climbing / Robert L. Janiskee.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"Why is it more fun to watch a baseball game at Fenway than at Three Rivers? Why is football more exciting at Notre Dame or Alabama than in Ames, Iowa? Arguing that there is such a thing as the "perfect" place to watch or participate in a sporting event, Karl Raitz and his coauthors explain that it's not whether you win or lose, but where you play the game that counts." "The authors show precisely why the new baseball stadiums in Baltimore, Cleveland, and Arlington "work" better than the concrete doughnuts of the 1960s and 70s. They explain why cricket is best enjoyed in an English village green, against the backdrop of a church tower (preferably with clock), half-timbered pub, haystacks, and elm trees. They analyze the ways in which the infield and grandstand form an essential part of the ambience at Churchill Downs - and how tailgate parties do the same at the Talladega stock car races. And they show how the intimate sights and sounds of spectator sports are as crucial to experiencing the event as the event itself (a truth television producers acknowledge when they place microphones on basketball backboards or cameras in race car cockpits)." "Including detailed discussions of baseball, cricket, soccer, tennis, basketball, football, golf, stock car racing, rodeo, thoroughbred racing, fox hunting, and rock climbing, The Theater of Sport is a book for sports fans, students of American culture, and general readers alike."--Jacket.

Resources:
Book review (H-Net)
Book review (H-Net)
Publisher description

ISBN:

080184908X (acid-free paper)
9780801849084 (acid-free paper)
0801849098 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
9780801849091 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)

Subject:

Sports facilities Location United States.
Sports Social aspects United States.
Human beings Effect of environment on United States.
Équipements sportifs États-Unis Location.
Sports Aspect social États-Unis.
Êtres humains Influence de l'environnement États-Unis.
Équipements sportifs Localisation États-Unis.
Human beings Effect of environment on
Sports facilities Location
Sports Social aspects
Anthropogeografie
Environment
Inszenierung
Sport
Sportsoziologie
Sportstätte
Sportveranstaltung
Stadtgestaltung
Standort
Standortplanung
Umwelt
Anthropogeographie.
Sports facilities United States Location.
United States
USA
Sports Sociology

Added entries:

Raitz, Karl B.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 122215
Call No.: ID GV429.T44; ID:95-B2470
Status: Available