This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of football.
Richard Giulianotti is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Aberdeen.
Acknowledgements
vii
Glossary
ix
Foreword
xi
The Essence of Football: the Historical and Social Bases of the Global Game
1
(22)
The Twentieth-century Sport: Football, Class and Nation
23
(16)
Spectator Cultures: Passion at Play in Europe and Latin America
39
(27)
Football Grounds: Emotional Attachments and Social Control
66
(20)
The Price of Victory: Football Finance and the Television Revolution
86
(21)
Football's Players: from Local Heroes to International Stars
107
(20)
The Goal of Winning? Football, Science, Tactics and Aesthetics
127
(19)
The Cultural Politics of Play: Ethnicity, Gender and the `Post-fan' Mentality
146
(20)
Afterword
166
(8)
Notes
174
(11)
References
185
(23)
Index
208
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