The multiple meanings associated with the football tailgating ritual

Deborah Kerstetter; Mary Stansfield; Phileshia Dombroski; So Young Bae; Lindsay Usher; Matthew McKinney

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The multiple meanings associated with the football tailgating ritual

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Authors:

Deborah Kerstetter, Mary Stansfield, Phileshia Dombroski, So Young Bae, Lindsay Usher, Matthew McKinney

Year:

2012

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Fisher, Cherie LeBlanc; Watts, Clifton E., Jr., eds. Proceedings of the 2010 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-94. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 38-44.

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to document the meanings that individuals associate with the football tailgating experience. Data were collected via photo-elicitation and follow-up interviews with 30 adults.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the 2010 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

Citation

Kerstetter, Deborah; Stansfield, Mary; Dombroski, Phileshia; Bae, So Young; Usher, Lindsay; McKinney, Matthew. 2012. The multiple meanings associated with the football tailgating ritual. In: Fisher, Cherie LeBlanc; Watts, Clifton E., Jr., eds. Proceedings of the 2010 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-94. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 38-44.