Entering the field : new perspectives on world football / edited by Gary Armstrong and Richard Giulianotti.

Other author Armstrong, Gary, 1960-
Other author Giulianotti, Richard, 1966-
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford [England] ; New York : Berg, 1997.
Descriptionvii, 319 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects

SeriesExplorations in anthropology
Explorations in anthropology. ^A237285
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.]
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 283-309) and index.
LCCN 97202754
ISBN1859731937 (cloth)
ISBN1859731988 (paper)

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Joyner General Stacks GV943.9.S64 E58 1997 ✔ Available Place Hold