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Manchester United
This anthology represents the first concerted academic examination of Manchester United F.C. in its current guise as a widely followed and highly emblematic sporting institution
Despite myriad popular and journalistic expositions, up to this point there have been virtually no academic discussions of the Manchester United phenomenon. This anthology represents the first concerted academic examination of Manchester United F.C. in its current guise as a widely followed and highly emblematic sporting institution.Bringing together respected academics from an array of disciplinary backgrounds these essays each interrogate various related dimensions of the Manchester United world. The primary aim of this collection is to illustrate how the structure and experience of Manchester United is implicated in broader societal shifts, within which the boundary between cultural and commercial concerns have become increasingly indivisible.
Additional Information
The chapters are presented within five thematic sections:
1 Becoming United
2 Economy United
3 Embodied United
4 Local United
5 Global United
In detail:
Introduction: Situating Manchester United PLC: Exhibiting the Sporting Logics of Late Capitalism David L. Andrews
Section I
Becoming United 1. The Team That Wouldn't Die: On the Mystique of Matt Busby and Manchester United Stephen Wagg 2. 'We hate the Manchester Club Like Poison': The Munich Disaster and the Socio-Historical Development of Manchester United as a Loathed Football Club Gavin Mellor 3. From the Busby Babes to the Theatre of Dreams: Image, Reputation and the Rise of Manchester United John Amis
Section II
Economy United 4. Why Does Manchester United Keep Winning On and Off The Field? A Case Study of Competitive Advantage in Professional Team Sports Bill Gerrard 5. Trouble at the Mill: Nike, United and the Asian Garment Trade Andrew Ross 6. Misers, Merchandise and Manchester United: English Football and the Peculiar Political Economy of Consumption Carlton Brick 7. Red and Black: Inside Manchester United's Underground Economy John Sugden
Section III
Embodied United 8. Where did it all go right? George Best, Manchester United and the Northern Ireland Connection Alan Bairner 9. Under the Skin of Manchester United: Knowing Footballing bodies Eileen Kennedy 10. 'Cute with Vague Feminist Gender Shift' Posh and Becks United Pirkko Markula
Section IV
Local United 11. 'Manchester Is Red'?: Manchester United, fan identity and the 'Sport City' Adam Brown 12. Love Thy Neighbour or a Red Rag to a Blue? Reflections on the City-United Dynamic in and around Manchester David Hand 13. Parvenu United: Local Rivalries, Smalltown Boys and City Slickers Alan Tomlinson 14. Anfield Envy: How the Spirit of Liverpool Hangs Over Manchester United Grant Farred
Section V
Global United 15. Manchester, USA? Toby Miller 16. Memphis United: Diasporic Identities S(t)imulated Spaces and Consumption Economies Michael Silk and Emma Chumley 17. For the Love of England: Scandinavian Football Supporters, Manchester United and British Popular Culture Bo Reimer 18. 'Come on Red!' Becoming a Manchester United Fan Jim Denison
Developer / Author(s)
Stephen Wagg
Gavin Mellor
John Amis
Bill Gerrard
Andrew Ross
Carlton Brick
John Sugden
Alan Bairner
Eileen Kenedy
Pirrko Markula
Adam Brown
David Hand
Alan Tomlinson
Grant Farred
Toby Miller
Michael SLilk and Emma Chumley
Bo Reimer
Jim Denison
Editor(s)
David L. Andrews
| Product Code / ISBN |
0415333342 |
| ISBN13 (if applicable) |
9780415333344 |
| Issue / Publication Date |
29 Jul 2004 |
| Product / Publication Type |
Paperback |
| Developer / Lead Author |
Edited by David L. Andrews |
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