A Fan's Life: The Agony of Victory and the Thrill of Defeat
Paul Campos, "A Fan's Life: The Agony of Victory and the Thrill of Defeat"
English | ISBN: 0226823482 | 2022 | 192 pages | PDF | 621 KB
English | ISBN: 0226823482 | 2022 | 192 pages | PDF | 621 KB
A lifelong sports fanatic plumbs the depths of the fan mindset, tracking the mania from the gridiron to the national political stage and beyond.
The Pass. The Curse. The Double Doink. A sports fan’s life is not just defined by intense moments on a field, it’s scarred by them. For a real fan, winning isn’t everything—losing is. The true fans, it’s said, are those who have suffered the most, enduring lives defined by irrational obsession, fervid hopes, and equally gut-wrenching misery. And as Paul Campos shows, those deep feelings are windows not just onto an individual fan’s psychology but onto some of our shared concepts of community, identity, and belonging—not all of which are admirable. In
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