Consuming Football in Late Modern Life

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-33294-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 266 g

Consuming Football in Late Modern Life explores the phenomenon of football (soccer) fandom as consumption in the age of late modernity. By centralising fandom within the sociology of consumption, the book examines how this phenomenon equates to a fluid series of consumption activities that are practiced in the course of everyday life. In turn, the work departs from much of the existing literature that features exceptional properties of fanatical fans, in order to emphasise the position that seemingly trivial acts of consumption can have a profound influence on the construction, maintenance and evolution of football fandom cultures. Containing up to date research findings derived from a programme of interviews with a sample of football fans, Kevin Dixon examines the social, emotional, economic and technological implications of consumption as fans participate in and respond to the demands of consumer life.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dixon, Kevin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction:; Chapter 2 Football Fandom as Consumption:; Chapter 3 Theorising Football Fandom as Consumption:; Chapter 4 Learning the Game:; Chapter 5 Consuming Corporate Values:; Chapter 6 The Routinisation of Football Consumption in Late Modern Life; Chapter 7 Conclusion;

Über Autor(innen)

Kevin Dixon is Senior Lecturer in Sports Studies, Teesside University, UK.