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Football, Fandom and Consumption

Football, Fandom and Consumption

Hardcover

Series: Critical Research in Football

Sports GeneralSoccer

ISBN10: 0367142651
ISBN13: 9780367142650
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Feb 19 2019
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.40
Language: English

Modern football is an industry and capitalism is its engine. However, this book argues for a more nuanced understanding of contemporary football culture and the (self-)identity of football fans.

Drawing on original ethnographic research conducted with fans at all levels, from international to lower league, the book explores the tensions between fans as consumers and 'traditional' football cultures, arguing that modern football fans are able to negotiate the discourses of capitalism and tradition operating upon them to enact their own power and identity within football culture.

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