Fanatics! : power, identity, and fandom in football /

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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Other Authors: Brown, Adam, 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
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Table of Contents:
  • FIFA versus UEFA in the struggle for the control of world football /
  • John Sugden, Alan Tomlinson and Paul Darby
  • Grey shirts to grey suits : the political economy of English football in the 1990s /
  • Simon Lee
  • United we stand : some problems with fan democracy /
  • Adam Brown
  • Racism in football : patterns of continuity and change /
  • Les Back, Tim Crabbe and John Solomos.
  • The ultràs, racism and football culture in Italy /
  • Carlo Podaliri and Carlo Balestri
  • "Football's coming home" but whose home? And do we want it? : nation, football and the politics of exclusion /
  • Ben Carrington
  • Scottish racism, Scottish identities : the case of Patrick Thistle /
  • Paul Dimeo and Gerry P.T. Finn
  • Football fans in Scandinavia : 1900-97 /
  • Torbjörn Andersson and Aage Radmann.
  • "On the border" : some notes on football and national identity in Portugal /
  • João Nuno Coelho
  • National obsessions and identities in football match reports /
  • Liz Crolley, David Hand and Ralf Juetter
  • Scottish fans, not English hooligans! : Scots, Scottishness and Scottish football /
  • Gerry P.T. Finn and Richard Giulianotti
  • "We shall not be moved!" : mere sport, mere songs? : a tale of Scottish football /
  • Joseph M. Bradley .
  • "Angels" with drunken faces? : travelling Republic of Ireland supporters and the construction of Irish migrant identity in England /
  • Marcus Free
  • When the write hits the fan : panic law and football fandom /
  • Steve Greenfield and Guy Osborn
  • The law and hate speech : "Ooh Aah Cantona" and the demonisation of "the other" /
  • Simon Gardiner
  • Virtual fandoms : futurescapes of football.