Football Fandom in Italy and Beyond: Community through Media and Performance

by Matthew Guschwan

Book Overview

Football fans are passionate and devoted followers. They are also creators and dissenters, performers and producers. This volume analyses football fandom through the media that fans use to construct fandom itself. Media is the lifeblood of modern life; it is the canvas on which ideas are spread, communities are formed and identities are expressed. Today's fan has an unprecedented variety of tools in which to express their passion, commune with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367139278
• ISBN13: 9780367139278
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.8" x 9.7"