An anthropologist on the team
Studying baseball as a former player
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2265156 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George Gmelch (New York College of Health Professions, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 10-15 |
| Publication date | 2008-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0268-540X • E-ISSN: 1467-8322 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-8322.2008.00612.x |
| OpenAlex | W2042832095 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
This essay describes the experiences of an anthropologist who once having been a professional baseball player returned to study his former profession. Discussed are personal challenges in doing fieldwork among elite athletes, the fallibility of memory, the transfer of skills from sport to academe, and the opinions of professors towards the study of sport, and the status of the anthropology of sport in the U.S
Athletes · Elite · Media studies · Political science · Professional sport · Sociology · Team sport · Anthropology · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Emile Durkheim and Sociology · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Sports, Gender, and Society
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |