| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 291 pages) |
| Contents |
The team that wouldn't die : on the mystique of Matt Busby and Manchester United / Stephen Wagg -- '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 -- From the Busby Babes to the Theatre of Dreams : image, reputation and the rise of Manchester United / Kirsten Rosaaen and John Amis -- Why does Manchester United keep winning on and off the field? A case study of sustainable competitive advantage in professional team sports / Bill Gerrard -- Trouble at the mill : Nike, United and the Asian garment trade / Andrew Ross -- Misers, merchandise and Manchester United : the peculiar paradox of the political economy of consumption / Carlton Brick -- Red and black : inside Manchester United's underground economy / John Sugden -- Where did it all go right? George Best, Mancester United and Northern Ireland / Alan Bairner -- Under the skin of Manchester United : knowing footballing bodies / Eileen Kennedy -- 'Cute with vague feminist gender shift' : Posh and Becks united / Pirkko Markula -- 'Manchester is red'? Manchester United, fan identity and the 'Sport City' / Adam Brown -- Love thy neighbor or a Red rag to a Blue? Reflections on the City-United dynamic in and around Manchester / David Hand -- Parvenu United : local rivalries, smalltown boys and city slickers / Alan Tomlinson -- Anfield envy : how the spirit of Liverpool hangs over Manchester United / Grant Farred -- Manchester, USA? / Toby Miller -- Memphis United? Diaspora, s(t)imulated spaces and global consumption economies / Michael Silk and Emma Chumley -- For the love of England : Scandinavian football supporters, Manchester United and British popular culture / Bo Reimer -- 'Come on Red!' an American tale / Jim Denison |
| Summary |
"This anthology represents the first concerted academic examination of Manchester United F.C. in it contemporary guise as a both widely followed, and highly emblematic, sporting institution." "The primary aim of this collection is to illustrate how the structure and experience of Manchester United is implicated in broader social shifts, within which the boundary between cultural and commercial concerns have become increasingly indivisible."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Manchester United (Soccer team)
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| SUBJECT |
Manchester United (Soccer team) fast |
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Manchester -- Manchester United Football Club. swd |
| Subject |
Soccer -- Social aspects -- Great Britain
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Soccer.
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Soccer -- Social aspects
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Fußball
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Soziologie
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Great Britain
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Großbritannien
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Andrews, David L., 1962-
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| ISBN |
0203412974 |
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9780203412978 |
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0203671783 |
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9780203671788 |
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9781134317424 |
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1134317425 |
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1134317417 |
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9781134317417 |
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0203685156 |
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9780203685150 |
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1280047143 |
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9781280047145 |
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