Jamie Cleland (United Kingdom Lancaster University)

A Sociology of Football in a Global Context

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the historical, social and cultural complexities of the game of football (also known as soccer) across Europe, Africa, Asia and North and South America, and charts how these can be studied in greater detail by placing the world's most popular sport in a global context. This approach subsequently allows for an analysis of the key developments within football in the twenty-first century on a chapter-by-chapter basis. The themes of the chapters each highlight the different social and cultural changes football has seen, often over a very short period of time.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 187mm x 281mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 280g
• ISBN-13: 9781138292130
• ISBN-10: 1138292133
• Artikelnr.: 47358997

Autorenporträt

Jamie Cleland is a Lecturer in the Social Science department at Loughborough University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Football in Context: Industrialism, Urbanism and Global
Diffusion in History 2. Violence and Aggression: Has Football Always Been
Violent? 3. The Global Game in Transition: FIFA and the Governance of
Football 4. "Race," Racism and Whiteness 5. Gender: Football Culture in
Transition? 6. Rupert Murdoch and the Financial Revolution of Football 7.
The Changing Nature of Football Fans 8. Celebrity Football: The
Transformation of Players from Local Heroes to Global Superstars 9. The
Global Game: The Development of National Football Leagues Across the World