English National Identity and Football Fan Culture Who Are Ya?

Examining football fans' expressions of Englishness in public houses and online spaces, this book examines the effects of globalisation, European integration and UK devolution on English society, revealing that the use of the St George's Cross masks a more complex, multi-layered process of national identity construction.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Dr Tom Gibbons is Senior Lecturer in Sports Studies in the School of Social Sciences and Law at Teesside University, UK.

Zusammenfassung

Examining football fans’ expressions of Englishness in public houses and online spaces, this book examines the effects of globalisation, European integration and UK devolution on English society, revealing that the use of the St George’s Cross masks a more complex, multi-layered process of national identity construction.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Tom Gibbons, Gibbons Tom
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprachen: Englisch
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.04.2019
• Thema: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Briefe, Tagebücher; Ratgeber > Sport > Allgemeines, Lexika, Handbücher, Jahrbücher, Gesch; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Sozialwissenschaften allgemein
• EAN: 9780367332914
• ISBN: 978-0-367-33291-4
• Anzahl Seiten: 208
• Themen: Ethnic Studies, Cultural Studies, Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Holidays (non-religious), Sociology: sport & leisure, Sociology: sport and leisure, Social and cultural anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General