British football and social exclusion / editor, Stephen Wagg.

Date:
2004
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Description

This book takes stock of British football at the beginning of the twenty-first century and assesses the changes that have occurred in many areas of football culture and the political and academic debates that have accompanied these changes.

Publication/Creation

London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

Physical description

xv, 264 pages ; 24 cm.

Contributors

Contents

Fat city? : British football and the politics of social exclusion at the turn of the twenty-first century / Stephen Wagg -- "You're not welcome anymore" : the football crowd, class and social exclusion / Tim Crabbe and Adam Brown -- "Giving something back" : can football clubs and their communities co-exist? / Neil Taylor -- A day out with the "old boys" / Pat Slaughter -- "With his money, I could afford to be depressed" : markets, masculinity and mental distress in the English football press / Stephen Wagg -- Still a man's game? : women footballers, personal experience and tabloid myth / John Harris -- Out on the field : women's experiences of gender and sexuality in football / Jayne Caudwell -- Talking to me? : televised football and masculine style / Eileen Kennedy -- "Play the white man" : identifying institutional racism in professional football / Colin King -- Football and social responsibility in the "new" Scotland : the case of Celtic FC / Raymond Boyle -- Football for children or children for football? : a contemporary boys' league and the politics of childhood / Paul Daniel -- Pick the best, forget the rest? : training field dilemmas and children's football at the turn of the century / Simon Thorpe.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-258) and index.

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    History of Medicine
    JKJ.U.41
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ISBN

  • 0714682047
  • 9780714682044