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UNINA9910765866803321 |
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Autore |
Roderick Martin |
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Titolo |
The work of professional football : a labour of love? / / Martin Roderick |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-32491-X |
1-280-56298-6 |
9786610562985 |
0-203-01495-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (209 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Soccer - Social aspects |
Sports - Social aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-193) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Football League descriptors; Introduction; 1. Professional football in context; 2. Attitudes to work in professional football; 3. Uncertainty and football injuries; 4. Injuries, stigma and social identity; 5. Transferring and the transformation of self; 6. Transfer markets and informal grapevines; 7. Control and the process of transferring; 8. The fate of idealism in professional football; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A long-term study providing rare insights into the precarious career and ordinary working culture of professional footballers. Away from the celebrity-obsessed media gaze, the work of a professional footballer is rarely glamorous and for most players a career in football is insecure and short-lived. A former professional, Martin Roderick's familiarity with the world of football is the foundation for this privileged research into a world that is typically closed to the public gaze and ignored by media reportage and academic research which prefers to focus on a small, unrepresen |
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