The work of professional football : a labour of love? / Martin Roderick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roderick, Martin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soccer--Social aspects.

Soccer.

Physical Description:

x, 196 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Summary:

Most professional footballers do not become celebrities. Their careers are short, insecure, physically demanding, and played out under constant scrutiny.

The Work of Professional Football offers the first study of the working lives of ordinary professional footballers. Based on extensive sociological research, and in-depth interviews with individual players at different stages in their careers, this unique text provides unprecedented insight into this traditionally 'closed' world. It examines:

The physical labour, drama and performance of a career in professional sport

How players deal with the uncertain nature of their careers

The effects of work and family relationships on a careers

The evolution of players' identities, ideals and attitudes to work throughout their career.

With analysis structured around individuals' career defining points, such as injury and transfer, The Work of Professional Football is a fascinating addition to the literature on the sociology of work and sport.

Contents:

Professional football in context

Attitudes to work in professional football

Uncertainty and football injuries

Injuries, stigma and social identity

Transferring and the transformation of self

Transfer markets and informal grapevines

Control and the process of transferring

The fate of idealism in professional football.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-193) and index.

ISBN:

0415363721

041536373X

0203014952

OCLC:

61821776

Publisher Number:

9780415363723 (hbk.)

9780415363730 (pbk.)

9780203014950 (ebk.)

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