Games Without Frontiers

Author:   Joe Kennedy
Publisher:   ReadHowYouWant
Edition:   Large type / large print edition
ISBN:  

9781525234507


Pages:   196
Publication Date:   22 November 2016
Format:   Paperback
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Football, we're told frequently, is in a state of crisis. A microcosm of late capitalism's free-for-all, it has become almost dystopian in its commodification, and its working-class constituency have become thoroughly alienated from the sport they grew up believing was a birthright. Games Without Frontiers seeks to interrogate this perspective by forcing us to think about what we mean when we say 'football'. Along the way, it skewers media cliches about footballers and fans, considers the sport's implications for radical politics and aesthetics, and situates the 'working-man's game' in relation to twenty-first century discussions of political authenticity. Written half as a travelogue, this book seeks to protect football from some of its would-be saviours without ever losing sight of what it means to have a fan's investment in the game.

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Author:   Joe Kennedy
Publisher:   ReadHowYouWant
Imprint:   ReadHowYouWant
Edition:   Large type / large print edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.345kg
ISBN:  

9781525234507


ISBN 10:   1525234501
Pages:   196
Publication Date:   22 November 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Joe Kennedy is from the north-east of England and teaches English and Cultural Studies on the University of Gothenburg's programme at the University of Sussex. His academic work focuses on the postwar continuations and mutations of modernism in Britain, and on critical theory. He writes on literature, music, visual art, sport and politics for a wide range of publications.

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