An Ethnography of English Football Fans: Cans, Cops and Carnivals

An Ethnography of English Football Fans: Cans, Cops and Carnivals
ISBN-10
178170614X
ISBN-13
9781781706145
Category
Collective behavior
Pages
201
Language
English
Published
2012
Author
Geoffrey Michael Pearson

Description

This is an ethnographic account of English football fans who travel home and away following their team, based upon 16 years' participant observation. It identifies a distinct sub-culture of supporter who dominated the travelling support of the 3 teams observed - Manchester United, Blackpool and the England national team.

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