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Fanatics: Power, Identity and Fandom in Football | 
 enlarge | Author: Adam Brown
Publisher: Routledge
Category: Book
List Price: $150.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 3869658
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 289
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.3 x 1
ISBN: 0415181038
Dewey Decimal Number: 303.62
EAN: 9780415181037
ASIN: 0415181038
Publication Date: July 28, 1998
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Book Description
Highlighting the changing role of fans in European football, Fanatics tackles questions of power, national and regional identities and race and racism in this increasingly popular sport. It combines new approaches to the study of fan culture with critical assessments of the commercialization of the game, and offers a comprehensive and timely examination of the state of European football fandom as the game prepares itself for the next millennium.
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Combining new approaches to the study of fan culture with critical assessments, Fanatics offers a comprehensive and timely examination of the state of European football fandom as the game prepares itself for the next millennium.
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If football is about enjoyment, the FA got it wrong! December 9, 1998
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
If you never believed that 90's football was about enjoyment of the masses and had a sneeking suspecion that it had more to do with business then this is the book for you! It neatly dismisses all those long forgotten myths that football is for the fans and replaces it with the notion that football is about the business ethos. It takes a look at power, control and the men in grey suites who are determined to take the game away from the true fans and place it in the hands of the only people who can afford the ticket prices! It also serves the excellent perpous of confirming the fans view of their identity and where it comes from. This will make all football fans realise that you don't have to be a Nick Hornby to care . . . but it helps! If you are one of the few who still care and want to know a bit more about how they are dirtying the beautiful game, get a copy now!
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