1. Nonhuman animals
represent less than what fraction of all major sports? (61).
2. Mascots work to
enable the self-identification of a fan base which is a particular sense of
what? (67).
3. What is one of the
cited arguments in favor of continued usage of Native American mascots? (77).
4. Tarver argues that
sports fandom in the contemporary U.S. is a central means by which individuals
do what? (79).
5. Fans identify with
and cheer for players not as individual human persons but as symbols of what?
(98).
6. Despite its white
fan base, baseball has undergone significant changes in recent years, primarily
due to what? (101).
Re: #6-
ReplyDeleteThe influx of brilliant Latino stars has been a terrific boon for MLB, for diversity, and possibly for pan-American unity. But I couldn't help reflecting on that outpouring of love for Albert Pujols on his return to St. Louis in an Angels' uniform earlier this summer. Do most of those fans respect Albert as a man and a player in the same way they did Stan Musial? Was Stan any more or less of a "mascot" than Albert? Stan, recall, was "the man"...