| Football Fans Around the World: From Supporters to Fanatics Contributor(s): Brown, Sean (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415495644 ISBN-13: 9780415495646 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $66.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2008 Annotation: This collection brings together scholars from across the world and shows that while every group of fans around the world has its own characteristics, the role of a football fan is laced with commonalities, irrespective of geography or culture. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Soccer - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 306.483 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 7" W x 9.8" (1.00 lbs) 278 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume investigates the way in which football supporters around the world express themselves as followers of teams, whether they be professional, amateur or national. The diverse geographical and cultural array of contributions to this volume highlights not only the variety of how fans express themselves, but their commonalities as well. The collection brings together scholars of North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa to present a global picture of fan culture. The collection shows that while every group of fans around the world has its own characteristics, the role of a football fan is laced with commonalities, irrespective of geography or culture. This book was previously published as a special issue of Soccer and Society. |