Entering the Field

New Perspectives on World Football

Inbunden, Engelska, 1997

Av Gary Armstrong, Richard Giulianotti, Barbara Burman

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As the 1994 World Cup Finals in the United States clearly demonstrated, football is the quintessential global game. One of the world's most popular arenas for the expression of conflict and emotion, it is virtually unparalleled as a site for cultural analysis. Players, officials, supporters and commentators all have key roles in a social drama incorporating the deeply symbolic and ritualistic. A powerful vehicle for ideals of masculinity, football also offers penetrating insights into the iconography of the body; manifestations of rivalry and conflict; discourses of knowledge; expressions of communitas and geo-social belonging; the celebration and denigration of the Other; and the inversion of power hierarchies through carnival.In bringing these themes together, this accessible and absorbing book by leading scholars of sport and leisure reveals football's differing meanings across cultures. It will be of interest to students and scholars in cultural studies, anthropology, sports sciences and, more simply, to anyone with a passion for this global game.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1997-06-01
Mått138 x 216 x 17 mm
Vikt545 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieExplorations in Anthropology
Antal sidor328
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781859731932

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'Illuminating, entertaining and ...well-written.'When Saturday Comes"[A] valuable contribution to an expanding field of academic interest in global sport and world football. Furthermore, its interpretative approach provides a richness to the study of sport which has been relatively absent until recent years.'Journal of European Area Studies'An absorbing in-depth and profound academical study which brings to light new perspectives on world football ... a most important addition to one's library because it offers a completely new study of football spectator perception.'Malta Sunday Times'The first serious attempt to treat the phenomenon of football in an intercultural and comparative context on a universal scale ... Encompasses a rich panorama of the 'state of the art' and prefigures the future research locations of a genuine anthropology of football.'Social Anthropology'... an excellent anthology of 13 essays that affirm football as an important cultural instituti