British football and social exclusion / editor, Stephen Wagg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wagg, Stephen.

Series:

Sport in the global society.

Sport in the global society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soccer--Social aspects--Great Britain.

Soccer.

Marginality, Social--Great Britain.

Marginality, Social.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book takes stock of British football at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It is written by a range of concerned academics and writers, all of whom have an active relationship with the contemporary football world. The book assesses the changes that have occurred in many areas of football culture and the political and academic debates that have accompanied these changes.English football in particular, it seems, is 'fat city'. The Premiership, now eight years old, has, via satellite television, become a globalised phenomenon: there are Liverpool supporters in Bangladesh,

Contents:

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Series Editor's Foreword; Introduction; Contributors; 1 Fat city? British football and the politics of social exclusion at the turn of the twenty-first century; 2 'You're not welcome anymore': the football crowd, class and social exclusion; 3 'Giving something back': can football clubs and their communities co-exist?; 4 A day out with the 'old boys'; 5 'With his money, I could afford to be depressed': markets, masculinity and mental distress in the English football press

6 Still a man's game? Women footballers, personal experience and tabloid myth7 Out on the field: women's experiences of gender and sexuality in football; 8 Talking to me? Televised football and masculine style; 9 'Play the white man': identifying institutional racism in professional football; 10 Football and social responsibility in the 'new' Scotland: the case of Celtic FC; 11 Football for children or children for football? A contemporary boys' league and the politics of childhood; 12 Pick the best, forget the rest? Training field dilemmas and children's football at the turn of the century

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [242]-258) and index.

ISBN:

1-135-76392-5

1-135-76393-3

1-280-22512-2

0-203-49531-4

9786610225125

9780203495315

OCLC:

808020090