The work of professional football : a labour of love? / / Martin Roderick

• Autore: Roderick Martin
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 796.3334; 796.334
• Soggetto topico: Soccer - Social aspects; Sports - Social aspects
• Soggetto non controllato: club; physiotherapists; doctors; labour; love; premiership; player; premier; league; parker
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-193) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The work of professional football
• ISBN: 1-134-32491-X; 1-280-56298-6; 9786610562985; 0-203-01495-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910765866803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II