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There exists in America a peculiar, fascinating subculture. Its exotic rituals include withstanding subzero temperatures with an upper body clad only in brightly colored paint, shouting arcane statistics at talk-show broadcasters, adopting the graphic images of lucrative businesses in bursts of patriotic fervor, and finding a curious but tangible form of selfesteem in the spectacle of overgrown armored men banging each other into unconsciousness. Hello, sports fans, this is a book about you. In fact, about us! Book jacket.Perrin, Dennis is the author of 'American Fan: Sports Mania and the Culture That Feeds It - Dennis Perrin - Hardcover - 1 ED' with ISBN 9780380977321 and ISBN 038097732X.
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