An Ethnography of English Football Fans: Cans, Cops and Carnivals

by Geoff Pearson

Book Overview

This book, available in paperback due to popular demand, is an ethnographic account of English football fans, based upon sixteen years' participant observation. The author identifies a distinct sub-culture of supporter - the 'carnival fan' - who dominated the travelling support of the three teams observed - Manchester United, Blackpool and the England national team. This accessible account follows these groups at home and abroad, describing their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719095409
• ISBN13: 9780719095405
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"