Fictional Representations of English Football and Fan Cultures Slum Sport, Slum People?
This book explores how recent football fiction has negotiated the decisive political developments in English football after the 1989/90 publication of the 'Taylor Report'. A direct response to the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster and growing concerns of hooliganism, the 'Taylor Report'...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan
2018, 2018
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018 |
| Series: | Football Research in an Enlarged Europe
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Recent History of English Football
- 3. Football Fan Cultures and Their Structures of Feeling
- 4. Fictionalising Football
- 5. Players, Managers, and Chairmen
- 6. Hooligan Fiction
- 7. Fan Identities and Social Exclusion
- 8. Conclusion