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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Adam Brown |
| ISBN: | 0415181038 9780415181037 0415181046 9780415181044 |
| OCLC Number: | 38550837 |
| Description: | xix, 289 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction / Adam Brown -- Pt. I. Power in football: the 'people's game'? -- 1. FIFA versus UEFA in the struggle for the control of world football / John Sugden, Alan Tomlinson and Paul Darby -- 2. Grey shirts to grey suits: the political economy of English football in the 1990s / Simon Lee -- 3. United we stand: some problems with fan democracy / Adam Brown -- Pt. II. Racism in football: identity and exclusion -- 4. Racism in football: patterns of continuity and change / Les Back, Tim Crabbe and John Solomos -- 5. The ultras, racism and football culture in Italy / Carlo Podaliri and Carlo Balestri -- 6. 'Football's coming home' but whose home? And do we want it?: nation, football and the politics of exclusion / Ben Carrington -- 7. Scottish racism, Scottish identities: the case of Partick Thistle / Paul Dimeo and Gerry P. T. Finn -- Pt. III. Football North to South: continental identities -- 8. Football fans in Scandinavia: 1900-97 / Torbjorn Andersson and Aage Radmann -- 9. 'On the border': some notes on football and national identity in Portugal / Joao Nuno Coelho -- 10. National obsessions and identities in football match reports / Liz Crolley, David Hand and Ralf Jeutter -- Pt. IV. Football in Britain -- the 'national' sport? -- 11. Scottish fans, not English hooligans!: Scots, Scottishness and Scottish football / Gerry P. T. Finn and Richard Giulianotti -- 12. 'We shall not be moved'! Mere sport, mere songs?: a tale of Scottish football / Joseph M. Bradley -- 13. 'Angels' with drunken faces?: travelling Republic of Ireland supporters and the construction of Irish migrant identity in England / Marcus Free -- Pt. V. Football boundaries: regulation and the place of fans -- 14. When the writ hits the fan: panic law and football fandom / Steve Greenfield and Guy Osborn -- 15. The law and hate speech: 'Ooh Aah Cantona' and the demonisation of 'the other' / Simon Gardiner -- 16. Virtual fandoms: futurescapes of football / John Bale. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Adam Brown. |
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Abstract:
Combining new approaches to the study of fandom with critical assessments of the commercialization of the game, Fanatics offers a comprehensive & timely examination of the state of European football as the game prepares for the next millennium.
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- Soccer fans -- Europe.
- Soccer -- Social aspects -- Europe.
- Voetbal.
- Fanatisme.
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- Football -- Supporters.
- Football -- Aspect social.
- Fußballfan
- Aufsatzsammlung
- Fußball
- Rassismus
- Nationalismus
- Sportsoziologie
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