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Stadium Worlds: Football, Space and the Built Environment

Name: Stadium Worlds: Football, Space and the Built Environment
ISBN: 9780203848562

by Edited by Sybille Frank and Silke Steets, Silke Steets (Editor)

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Overview

Analyzing football as a cultural practice, this book investigates the connection between the sport and its built environment. Four thematic sections bring together an international multi-disciplinary range of perspectives with particular focus on the stadium.

Examples from architectural design, media studies and archaeology are used while studying advertising, economics, migration, fandom, local identities, emotions, gender, and the sociology of space. Texts and case-studies build up this useful book for lecturers and researchers in sociology, cultural studies, geography, architecture, sport and environment.

Synopsis

Introduction: Football, Space And The Built Environment / Sybille Frank And Silke Steets -- The New European Stadium / Anthony King -- 'show Yourself To The People!' : Ancient Stadia, Politics And Society / Bettina Kratzmüller -- Challenging The Stadium : Watching Sport Events In Public / Hans-jürgen Schulke -- The Stadium As Cash Machine / Michael Zinganel -- The Mirror Stage In The Stadium : Medial Spaces Of Television And Architecture / Angelika Schnell -- Killing Sports Fields : The Amahoro Stadium Complex In Kigali, Rwanda / Bruno Arich-gerz -- Global Players And The Stadium : Migration And Borders In Professional Football / Christian Banse -- Going To The Match : The Transformation Of The Match-day Routine At Manchester City Fc / Tim Edensor And Steve Millington -- 'come Home' : The Stadium, Locality And Community At Fc United Of Manchester / Adam Brown -- Sport, Football And Masculine Identity : The Stadium As A Window Onto Gender Construction / Christian Bromberger -- Producing Gender-normative Spaces In U.s. Women's Professional Soccer / Tiffany Muller Myrdahl -- Football Under Cover In Tehran's Ararat Stadium / Corinna Assmann And Silke Gülker -- Emotions In Sports Stadia / Mike S. Schäfer And Jochen Roose -- Heroes, Myths And Magic Moments : Religious Elements On The Sacred Ground / Gunter Gebauer -- Beckhamania : Promoting Post-modern Celebrities Beyond The Stadium / Johannes John -- Conclusion: The Stadium : Lens And Refuge / Sybille Frank And Silke Steets. Edited By Sybille Frank & Silke Steets. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.