1st Edition
Post-Fandom and the Millennial Blues The Transformation of Soccer Culture
By Steve Redhead
Copyright 1997
172 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
Soccer fandom has traditionally been seen as an important part of adolescent, generally male, identity making. In Post-Fandom and the Millennial Blues , Steve Redhead shows how this tradition of youth culture of fandom has been eroded in the last years of the twentieth century by the more fleeting, style conscious allegiances inspired by television, films and music. The clubs that young people... Read more
Chapter 1 Post-Youth; Chapter 2 Post(Realist)-Realism; Chapter 3 Post-Fandom and Hyperlegality; Chapter 4 Hyperreality Bytes; Chapter 5 (Channel) Surfin’ USA; Chapter 6 The Sound of the Stadium; Chapter 7 These Charming Fans; Chapter 8 Post-Culture;
Biography
Steve Redhead is Professor of Law and Popular Culture at the School of Law, The Manchester Metropolitan University.
'Popcult professor switches his attention from rave culture to soccer culture with pleasing and productive results.' - ID Magazine
'an original and ... perceptive look at the game ... Redhead curls his educated left foot around the transformation of soccer culture.' - Hugh MacDonald, The Herald
