Fictional Representations of English Football and Fan Cultures - Slum Sport, Slum People? (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

This book explores how recent football fiction has negotiated the decisive political developments in English football after the 1989/90 publication of the 'Taylor Report'. A direct response to the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster and growing concerns of hooliganism, the 'Taylor Report' suggested a number of measures for stricter regulation of fan crowds. In consequence, stadiums in the top divisions were turned into all-seated venues and were put under CCTV surveillance. The implementation of these measures reduced violent incidents drastically, but it also led to an unparalleled increase in ticket prices, which in turn significantly altered the demographics of the crowd. This development, which also enabled football's entry into other mainstream cultural forms, changed the game decisively. Piskurek traces patterns across prose and film to detect how these fictions have responded to the changed circumstances of post-Taylor football. Lending a cultural lens to these political changes, this book is pioneering in its analysis of football fiction as a whole, offering a fresh perspective to a range of scholars and students interested in cultural studies, sociology, leisure and politics.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Football Research in an Enlarged Europe
Release date:	June 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Cyprian Piskurek
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	274
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-76761-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Leisure Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Ball games > Football (Soccer, Association football) > General
LSN:	3-319-76761-5
Barcode:	9783319767611

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