KIN 249: Lecture 4.2

Lecture Notes

Roth's ideas are echoed in this Sports Illustrated cover that appeared just after the events of September 11th, 2001, in which an American flag is draped over a seat in a sports arena. While there is certainly more to focus on in Mandelbaum's text, and I will provide a study guide for the major points, I want to spend the rest of this lecture thinking about a key idea in Mandelbaum's text: that of baseball, patriotism, and religion. Our focus will be the ways that baseball reacted to and consolidated patriotism after 9/11; my hope is that you will hear echoes of our other discussions about history, sport, and the nation.