Faithful to Fenway
Subtitle: believing in Boston, baseball, and America's most beloved ballpark
By: Michael Ian Borer.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9780814799765; 9780814799772
Subjects: Fenway Park (Boston, Mass.); Boston Red Sox (Baseball team); Baseball -- Social aspects -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Boston believes : Fenway Park, a "lyrical little bandbox"; title: The birth of an urban ballpark : leisure, nostalgia, and the baseball creed; title: The ballpark at rest : the civic partnership between Boston, the Red Sox, and the Fenway faithful; title: Objects of faith and consumption : souvenirs, replicas, and other representations of Fenway Park; title: Some diamonds are not forever : debating the future of Fenway Park; title: Believe in Boston : Red Sox nation and the cultural power of place.