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A game of two halves : football, television, and globalisation
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A game of two halves : football, television, and globalisation

Author: Cornel Sandvoss
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
Series: Comedia.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Sandvoss considers football's relationship with television, its links with trans-national capitalism, and the importance of football fandom in forming social and cultural identities around the globe, to present the phenomenon of football as a reflection of postmodern culture and globalization.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Cornel Sandvoss
ISBN: 0415314844 9780415314848 0415314852 9780415314855 9780203561393 0203561392
OCLC Number: 51855497
Description: xii, 212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. Introduction: football and modernity --
2. Fan practices and consumption --
3. Fandom, identity and self-reflection --
4. The politics of football: fandom and the public sphere --
5. Football and cultural globalization --
6. Football, formal rationality and standardization --
7. Television, football and hyperreality --
8. Conclusion.
Series Title: Comedia.
Responsibility: Cornel Sandvoss.

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