DOC Fanatics: Power; Identity and Fandom in Football by From Routledge in Arts-Photography

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Embracing studies of football fans across Europe; this book tackles questions of power; national and regional identities; and race and racism; highlighting the changing role of fans in the game. Combining new approaches to the study of fan culture with critical assessments of the commercialization of the game; this fascinating book offers a comprehensive and timely examination of the state of European football supporters culture as the game prepares itself for the next millennium. The contributors; all leading figures in sports studies; consider: * whether football remains the peoples game; or if it is now run entirely by and for club owners and directors who have overseen the flotation of clubs on the stock exchange; a new focus on merchandising and the escalation of players salaries* the role of FIFA and UEFA in the struggle for control of world football* manifestations of racism and extreme nationalism in football; from the English medias xenophobic coverage of Euro 96 to the demonisation of Eric Cantona* media representations of national identity in football coverage in Germany; France and Spain * the interplay of national; religious and club identities among fans in England; Scotland; Ireland; Portugal and Scandinavia* the role of the law in regulating football * the future for supporters at a time when watching the match is more likely to mean turning on the television than going to a football ground.