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Title: Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer
Subtitle: A Journey Into the Heart of Fan Mania
Author: Warren St. John
Narrator: Michael Kramer
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-11-04
Publisher: Books on Tape
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 84 votes
Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind
Publisher's Summary:
Warren St. John decided to find out why people care so much about the outcomes of games they're not playing in by joining a group where the particulars of the fan psyche would show themselves in sharp relief: the caravan of hundreds of RVs that follow the Alabama Crimson Tide across the South, taking over college towns with a moveable feast of Weber grills, karaoke machines, Igloo coolers, and fast-draining liquor bottles. Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer offers not a locker-room view, but a seat in the bleachers, stadium parking lots, and in the inner lives of fans (not to mention their RVs). Drawing on psychological and sociological research on fandom, this is not just a travel story, but a cultural anthropology of fans.
©2004 Warren St. John; (P)2004 Books on Tape, Inc.
Critic Reviews:
"But this book is more than a beer and barbecue-fueled travelogue. St. John also explores the sociological and physical effects of being a rabid sports fan. These journalistic asides contrast nicely with St. John's superstitious, obsessed sports-fan persona, which rules much of this amusing and insightful book." (Publishers Weekly)
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