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dc.contributor.advisorTucker, Sherrie
dc.contributor.authorBustad, Jacob J.
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-30T04:54:57Z
dc.date.available2009-07-30T04:54:57Z
dc.date.issued2009-04-14
dc.date.submitted2009
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10247
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/5328
dc.description.abstract"'One Hundred Per Cent American': Nationalism, Masculinity and American Legion Baseball in the 1920s," provides a sociohistorical analysis of baseball and social attitudes and ideologies of the pre- and post-World War I period, specifically focusing on the joining of nationalism and masculinity through the playing of sport. My work explores amateur baseball in the context of the post-World War I period (1920-1930), focusing on the American Legion's baseball program started during that same era. By incorporating the theorization of "hegemonic masculinity," first popularized by sociologist R.W. Connell and a major theme in the sociology of sport, I argue that amateur baseball constituted a distinct form of nationalist American masculinity that figured prominently in both the status of the sport and the understanding of gender within post-war American culture. By focusing on the instruction of these amateur players, I demonstrate how nationalism and masculinity converged through the kinesthetic "play"ing of baseball by young American males.
dc.format.extent114 pages
dc.language.isoEN
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
dc.rightsThis item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author.
dc.subjectAmerican studies
dc.subjectUnited States--History
dc.subjectRecreation
dc.subjectAmerican legion
dc.subjectBaseball
dc.subjectMasculinity
dc.subjectNationalism
dc.title"One Hundred Per Cent American": Nationalism, Masculinity and American Legion Baseball in the 1920s
dc.typeThesis
dc.contributor.cmtememberChappell, Ben
dc.contributor.cmtememberDonovan, Brian
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineAmerican Studies
dc.thesis.degreeLevelM.A.
kusw.oastatusna
kusw.oapolicyThis item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
kusw.bibid6857554
dc.rights.accessrightsopenAccess


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