An ethnography of English football fans
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An ethnography of English football fans

Cans, cops and carnivals

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An ethnography of English football fans

Cans, cops and carnivals

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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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Publisher
Manchester University Press
Year
2024
ISBN
9781526186003
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Cultural & Social Anthropology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. An ethnography of English football fans
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. List of Tables
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Series editor’s foreword
  9. Introduction
  10. 1 Ethnography: theory, method and practice
  11. 2 The football carnival
  12. 3 Identity and expression
  13. 4 Fans or hooligans
  14. 5 Authority and social control
  15. 6 Alcohol and the effectiveness of alcohol controls
  16. 7 Attitudes to gender, sexuality, race and disability
  17. 8 The impact of technology
  18. 9 Conclusions
  19. References
  20. Index