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Pittsburgh in Fort Worth

2008; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 32; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/0193723508316377

1552-7638

Jon Kraszewski,

Asian Culture and Media Studies

This article examines how sports fandom fits into the nexus of late capitalism, displacement, and identity within the United States. The article adds to a growing literature on late capitalism and sports fandom by analyzing how displaced fans look to sports teams from their former places of residence as a way to understand “home.” An ethnography of a Pittsburgh Steelers fan club in Fort Worth, Texas, is used as a case study. Drawing on the fields of television studies and cultural geography as well as theories of diaspora, this article argues that sports fandom allows displaced people the ability to reconnect with and manage the irreconcilable tensions of home.