| Description |
vii, 319 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Explorations in anthropology |
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Explorations in anthropology.
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| Contents |
Introduction : reclaiming the game : an introduction to the anthropology of football / Richard Giulianotti and Gary Armstrong -- "And give joy to my heart" : ideology and emotions in the Argentinian cult of Maradona Eduardo P. Archetti -- Successes and contradictions in "multiracial" Brazilian football / José Sergio Leite Lopes -- Importance of difference : football identities in Italy / Rocco De Biasi and Pierre Lanfranchi -- Political role of football for Palestinians in Jordan / Dag Tuastad -- Football : politics and power in Cameroon / Paul Nchoji Nkwi and Bea Vidacs -- Soccer and violence in war-torn Africa : soccer and social rehabilitation in Sierre Leone / Paul Richards -- Use of Juju in football : sport and witchcraft in Tanzania Anne Leseth -- Legislators and interpreters : the law and "football hooligans" / Gary Armstrong and Malcolm Young -- Jambo experience : an anthropological study of Hearts fans Hans Kristian Hognestad -- Enlightening the North : Aberdeen fanzines and local football identity / Richard Giulianotti -- Bad blue boys and the "magical recovery" of John Clarke / John Hughson -- Soccer's racial frontier : sport and the suburbanization of contemporary America / David L. Andrews [et al.] |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p283-309. _ Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-309) and index |
| Subject |
Soccer -- Social aspects -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Soccer -- Social aspects.
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| Author |
Armstrong, Gary, lecturer
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Giulianotti, Richard, 1966-
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| LC no. |
97202754 |
| ISBN |
1859731937 (cloth) |
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1859731988 (paper) |
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