Geoff Pearson

An ethnography of English football fans (eBook, PDF)

Cans, cops and carnivals

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book, available in paperback due to popular demand, is an ethnographic account of English football fans, based upon sixteen years' participant observation. The author identifies a distinct sub-culture of supporter - the 'carnival fan' - who dominated the travelling support of the three teams observed - Manchester United, Blackpool and the England national team. This accessible account follows these groups at home and abroad, describing their interpretations, motivations and behaviour and challenging a number of the myths about 'hooliganism' and crowd control.

The text will be of value to anyone studying, researching or interested in ethnographic modes of enquiry or the behaviour of football fans. In particular it will be of value to anyone involved in the academic disciplines of policing, criminal justice, sociology, criminology, sports studies and research methods. It also makes recommendations for the management of football crowds that will be of use to practitioners involved in policing, crowd control and event management.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: David & Charles
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526186003
• Artikelnr.: 72333434

Autorenporträt

Geoff Pearson is Lecturer in Law at the University of Liverpool's Management School

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Ethnography: theory, method and
practice 3. The football carnival 4. Identity and expression 5. Fans or
hooligans? 6. Authority and social control 7. Alcohol and the effectiveness
of alcohol controls 8. Attitudes to gender, sexuality, race and disability
9. The impact of technology 10. Conclusions References