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"One Hundred Per Cent American": Nationalism, Masculinity and American Legion Baseball in the 1920s
dc.contributor.advisor | Tucker, Sherrie | |
dc.contributor.author | Bustad, Jacob J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-07-30T04:54:57Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-07-30T04:54:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-04-14 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2009 | |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:10247 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://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.extent | 114 pages | |
dc.language.iso | EN | |
dc.publisher | University of Kansas | |
dc.rights | This item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author. | |
dc.subject | American studies | |
dc.subject | United States--History | |
dc.subject | Recreation | |
dc.subject | American legion | |
dc.subject | Baseball | |
dc.subject | Masculinity | |
dc.subject | Nationalism | |
dc.title | "One Hundred Per Cent American": Nationalism, Masculinity and American Legion Baseball in the 1920s | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Chappell, Ben | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Donovan, Brian | |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | American Studies | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | M.A. | |
kusw.oastatus | na | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
kusw.bibid | 6857554 | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |
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