Fight songs: a story of love and sports in a complicated South
Ed Southern
- Resource Type:
- E-Book
- Publication:
- Durham, N.C. : Blair, 2021
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- Summary:
- "A wry and witty commentary on college sports and identity in the complicated social landscape of the South. Ed Southern, lifelong Wake Forest University Demon Deacons fan, set out to tell how he got tangled with the two giants of his favorite sport: the Crimson Tide and the Clemson Tigers. He set out to tell how a North Carolina native crossed the shifty, unmarked border between Tobacco Road and the Deep South and how the legendary Paul "Bear" Bryant, from beyond the grave, introduced him to his wife, a Birmingham native and die-hard Alabama fan. While he was writing that story, though, 2020 came along. Suddenly his questions had a new focus: Why do sports mean so much that so many will play and watch them in the face of a global pandemic? How have college sports shaped how southerners construct their identities, priorities, and allegiances? Why is North Carolina passionate about college basketball when its neighbors to the South live and die by college football? Fight Songs explores the connections and contradictions between the teams we root for and the places we plant our roots; between the hopes of fans and the demands of the past, present, and future"-- [Provided by publisher]
- Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE Story I Set Out to Tell
- 1. Once There Lay a Land
- 2. No More Fun & Games
- 3. Maybe the Best Story I Have
- pt. TWO O My Loved & Lovely South
- 4. Almost the South
- 5. Neither of Us Drawl
- 6. My Name's Got Nothing to Do with It
- 7. War, Games
- pt. THREE Tobacco Road
- 8. I Want So Badly to Have Been There
- 9. Paving Tobacco Road
- 10. Deacon Blues
- 11. Yea, Alabama
- pt. FOUR Glories of Our House
- 12. Barbecue with Mister Wake Forest
- 13. Names
- 14. Dangerous & Predatory Business
- 15. Complications
- 16. Stories We Tell Ourselves.
- Author/Creator:
- Southern, Ed, 1972- , author
- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Item content: English
- Other Related Resources:
- Online version: Fight songs [by Southern, E.] (Durham : Blair, 2021 — ISBN 9781949467703; LCCN 2021022531)
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- General Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on print version record. - Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Call Numbers:
- GV351.3.S684 S68 2021eb
- ISBNs:
- 9781949467703 (electronic bk.)
1949467708 (electronic bk.)
9781949467697 [Invalid]
1949467694 [Invalid] - OCLC Numbers:
- 1253439032
- Other Control Numbers:
- EBC6546625 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp302326600