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

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Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
Description:xix, 289 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4307279
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Other authors / contributors:Brown, Adam, 1967-
ISBN:0415181038 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0415181046 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of 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 Patrick 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.