Home Ice

Confessions of a Blackhawks Fan

Kevin Cunningham (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

190 Seiten

2017
University of Iowa Press (Verlag)
978-1-60938-478-4 (ISBN)

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Unable to skate and surrounded by sports fans who cared more about Evel Knievel than hockey, Kevin Cunningham became obsessed with the Chicago Blackhawks as a confused eight year old. He has no idea why. Yet from that moment on he embarked on a fan’s journey that absorbed his childhood, destroyed his GPA, and made him seriously weigh romance against an away game at Calgary. What explains this fascination?

Home Ice combines memoir and history to explore how the mysteries of Blackhawks fandom explain big questions like tribal belonging, masculinity, and why you would ever trade Chris Chelios. In recounting the team’s—and his own—wins and losses (and ties), Cunningham covers everything from Keith Magnuson’s bachelor pad to the grim early aughts to Patrick Kane’s Cup-winner. Throughout, he explores how we come to love the things we love. Funny and touching, Home Ice is one Blackhawk fan’s attempt to understand why sports fandom is utterly ridiculous and entirely necessary.

Kevin Cunningham lives in Evanston, Illinois. His other books include The Constellations.

Erscheinungsdatum	01.02.2018
Verlagsort	Iowa
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	300 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ski- / Wintersport
ISBN-10	1-60938-478-4 / 1609384784
ISBN-13	978-1-60938-478-4 / 9781609384784
Zustand	Neuware