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Games Without Frontiers

Football, Identity And Modernity

by John Williams
language: english
Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, December of 2017 ‧
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This work examines the game of football, asking what makes it so popular, and examining the diversity of its players, supporters and institutions throughout the world. It also investigates how the game reinforces or overcomes social differences, and looks at subcultures like football hooliganism.

Games Without Frontiers

Football, Identity And Modernity

by John Williams

Property Description
ISBN: 9781138468337
Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Release Date: December of 2017
Language: English
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 356
Format: Book
Collection: Popular Cultural Studies
Categories: Books in English > Social Sciences and Humanities > Sociology
EAN: 9781138468337

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John Williams

Autor, editor e professor, John Edward Williams (1922-1994) escreveu quatro romances: Nothing but The Night (1948), Butcher’s Crossing (1960), Stoner (1965) e Augustus (1972), o último dos quais recebeu o National Book Award.
Neto de agricultores, foi criado no Texas e trabalhou em rádios e jornais, até se alistar na força aérea em 1942. Esteve destacado na Índia e na Birmânia até ao fim da Segunda Guerra mundial, período em que escreveu o seu primeiro romance.
Estudou na Universidade de Denver e concluiu o doutoramento em Literatura Inglesa na Universidade de Missouri. Regressaria a Denver, onde conciliou a actividade académica com a literatura, até se retirar em 1985.
Morreu em 1994, deixando um quinto romance inacabado.

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