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Football's Dark Side: Corruption, Homophobia, Violence and Racism in the Beautiful Game Ellis Cashmore

Football's Dark Side: Corruption, Homophobia, Violence and Racism in the Beautiful Game By Ellis Cashmore

Football's Dark Side: Corruption, Homophobia, Violence and Racism in the Beautiful Game by Ellis Cashmore

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Association football is the richest, most popular sport in history with a multicultural global following. It is also riven with corruption, racism, homophobia and a violence that has for decades resisted all attempts to tame it. Cashmore and Cleland examine football's dark side: the unpleasant, sleazy and downright nasty aspects of the sport.

Football's Dark Side: Corruption, Homophobia, Violence and Racism in the Beautiful Game Summary

Football's Dark Side: Corruption, Homophobia, Violence and Racism in the Beautiful Game by Ellis Cashmore

Association football is the richest, most popular sport in history with a multicultural global following. It is also riven with corruption, racism, homophobia and a violence that has for decades resisted all attempts to tame it. Cashmore and Cleland examine football's dark side: the unpleasant, sleazy and downright nasty aspects of the sport.

Football's Dark Side: Corruption, Homophobia, Violence and Racism in the Beautiful Game Reviews

This book offers a series of theoretical perspectives on the dark side of football which will be of great interest to students of cultural studies and sociology. The book will also be of interest to people who follow the game beyond academia. a unique and invaluable resource for understanding the negative aspects of football culture. (Steven Harkins, San Francisco Review of Books, sanfranciscoreviewofbooks.com, May, 2017)

"This research is driven throughout by a mass online survey of football supporters and this approach makes the book a unique and invaluable resource for understanding the negative aspects of football culture." - LSE Review of Books

About Ellis Cashmore

Ellis Cashmore is Professor of Culture, Media and Sport at Staffordshire University, UK. is the author of Beckham; Tyson; Making Sense of Sports and other books on social and cultural aspects of sport. You can find out more about Ellis at http://bit.ly/EllisCashmore.

Jamie Cleland is a Lecturer in Criminology at Loughborough University, UK. He has published widely on contemporary football fandom and identity. You can find out more about Jamie at http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/socialsciences/staff/cleland-jamie.html.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Corruption 3. Homophobia 4. Violence 5. Racism 6. Conclusion

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NPB9781137371263
9781137371263
1137371269
Football's Dark Side: Corruption, Homophobia, Violence and Racism in the Beautiful Game by Ellis Cashmore
Ellis Cashmore
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Hardback
Palgrave Macmillan
2014-05-02
106
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