Good Times and Good Games
How Pickup Basketball Players Use Wealth-Maximizing Norms
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2366444 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jason B Jimerson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 353-371 |
| Publication date | 1996-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary Ethnography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0891-2416 • E-ISSN: 1552-5414 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/089124196025003003 |
| OpenAlex | W2144809802 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 9 |
This ethnography compares the behavior of pickup basketball players in two gyms. One gym, the Richmond YMCA, had one basketball court, while the other, the Babylon Tower, had eighteen. Through the presentation of field notes and statistics, the author argues that players create and manipulate norms that maximize the duration and competitiveness of their games. Due to a dearth of courts, players at the YMCA used norms that maximized playing time. Due to an excess of courts, players at the Tower used norms that maximized competitiveness. The findings add to extant work on norms by showing how resource availability affects norm usage
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,45 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2020 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |