What are boys like? Who is the creature inhabiting the twilight zone between the perils of the Oedipus complex and the Strum und Drang of puberty? In With the Boys, Gary Alan Fine examines the American male preadolescent by studying the world of Little League baseball. Drawings on three years of firsthand observation of five Little Leagues, Fine describes how, through organized sport and its accompanying activities, boys learn to play, work, and generally be men.
- ISBN10 0226249360
- ISBN13 9780226249360
- Publish Date 1 March 1987
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 June 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Chicago Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 289
- Language English