We Average Unbeautiful Watchers: Fan Narratives and the Reading of American Sports
Noah Cohan, "We Average Unbeautiful Watchers: Fan Narratives and the Reading of American Sports "
English | ISBN: 0803295944 | 2019 | 276 pages | EPUB | 713 KB
English | ISBN: 0803295944 | 2019 | 276 pages | EPUB | 713 KB
Sports fandom—often more than religious, political, or regional affiliation—determines how millions of Americans define themselves. In We Average Unbeautiful Watchers, Noah Cohan examines contemporary sports culture to show how mass-mediated athletics are in fact richly textured narrative entertainments rather than merely competitive displays. While it may seem that sports narratives are “written” by athletes and journalists, Cohan demonstrates that fans are not passive consumers but rather function as readers and writers who appropriate those narratives and generate their own stories in building their sense of identity.
Critically reading stories of sports fans’ self-definition across genres, from the novel and the memoir to the film and the blog post,
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