Read the New York Times article "Voodoo Logic: So Who Cursed Whom With Jersey?" (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/sports/baseball/
17shirt.html). After having read the chapter and this article, think about how magic may play a role in everyday activities in societies like the United States.
- As defined in the text, magic is a set of beliefs and practices designed to control the visible or invisible world for specific purposes. How does the use of the baseball jersey fit this definition?
- In what other ways is there evidence of ?magical thinking? in sports?
- Search for at least one more (non-sports) example of practices designed to influence events through magic in the contemporary United States. Describe the practice in terms of worldview.
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