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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450225903321

Autore

Sandvoss Cornel

Titolo

A game of two halves : football, television, and globalisation / / Cornel Sandvoss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-37832-7

0-415-31484-4

1-280-04767-4

0-203-56139-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Comedia

Disciplina

796.334

Soggetti

Soccer - Social aspects

Television and sports

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: football and modernity; Football fandom and consumption; Fan practices and consumption; Fandom, identity and self-reflection; Summary to Part I; The social and cultural diffusion of football; The politics of football: fandom and the public sphere; Football and cultural globalization; Summary to Part II; Football and postmodernity; Football, formal rationality and standardization; Television, football and hyperreality; Summary to Part III; Conclusion; method and research; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Cornel Sandvoss considers football's relationship with television, transnational capitalism and the importance of football fandom in forming social and cultural identities to present football as a reflection of postmodern culture and globalization