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Consuming football in late modern life /

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 pract...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dixon, Kevin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Burlington : Ashgate Publishing Company, [2013]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781409450955
1409450953