Manchester United: A Thematic Study

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ISBN: 9780415333337 | 0415333334
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 9/28/2004

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In this, the first book to offer a rigorous, theoretically grounded treatment of the Manchester United phenomenon, leading academics from diverse backgrounds have written chapters, each interrogating a particular aspect of our central theme, Manchester United Football Club. The result is a unique contribution to our understanding of Manchester United in particular, and, perhaps more significantly, of contemporary sporting and popular culture in general.

List of illustrations

viii

List of contributors

Introduction: situating Manchester United plc

(10)

DAVID L. ANDREWS

PART I Becoming United

(52)

1 The team that wouldn't die: on the mystique of Matt Busby and Manchester United

(15)

STEPHEN WAGG

2 'We hate the Manchester Club like poison': the Munich disaster and the socio-historical development of Manchester United as a loathed football club

(15)

GAVIN MELLOR

3 From the Busby Babes to the Theatre of Dreams: image, reputation and the rise of Manchester United

(22)

KIRSTEN ROSAAEN AND JOHN AMIS

PART II Economy United

(68)

4 Why does Manchester United keep winning on and off the field?: a case study of sustainable competitive advantage in professional team sports

(22)

BILL GERRARD

5 Trouble at the mill: Nike, United and the Asian garment trade

(14)

ANDREW ROSS

6 Misers, merchandise and Manchester United: the peculiar paradox of the political economy of consumption

101

(12)

CARLTON BRICK

7 Red and black: inside Manchester United's underground economy

113

(20)

JOHN SUGDEN

PART III Embodied United

131

(42)

8 Where did it all go right?: George Best, Manchester United and Northern Ireland

133

(14)

ALAN BAIRNER

9 Under the skin of Manchester United: knowing footballing bodies

147

(13)

EILEEN KENNEDY

10 'Cute with vague feminist gender shift': Posh and Becks united

160

(13)

PIRKKO MARKULA

PART IV Local United

173

(66)

11 'Manchester Is Red'?: Manchester United, fan identity and the 'Sport City'

175

(15)

ADAM BROWN

12 Love thy neighbour or a Red rag to a Blue? Reflections on the City-United dynamic in and around Manchester

190

(13)

DAVID HAND

13 Parvenu United: local rivalries, smalltown boys and city slickers

203

(19)

ALAN TOMLINSON

14 Anfield envy: how the spirit of Liverpool hangs over Manchester United

222

(17)

GRANT FARRED

PART V Global United

239

(44)

15 Manchester, USA?

241

(8)

TOBY MILLER

16 Memphis United?: diaspora, s(t)imulated spaces and global consumption economies

249

(16)

MICHAEL SILK AND EMMA CHUMLEY

17 For the love of England: Scandinavian football supporters, Manchester United and British popular culture

265

(13)

BO REIMER

18 'Come on Red!': an American tale

278

(5)

JIM DENISON

Index

283

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Manchester United: A Thematic Study

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