Title:
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FOOTBALL'S DARK SIDE: CORRUPTION, HOMOPHOBIA, VIOLENCE AND RACISM IN THE BEAUTIFUL GAME
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By: |
Professor Ellis Cashmore, Jamie Cleland |
Format: |
Paperback |
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£45.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
1349475521 |
ISBN 13: |
9781349475520 |
Publisher: |
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN |
Pub. date: |
1 January, 2014 |
Edition: |
1st ed. 2014 |
Pages: |
106 |
Description: |
Association football is the richest, most popular sport in history with a multicultural global following. It is also riven with corruption, racism, homophobia and a violence that has for decades resisted all attempts to tame it. Cashmore and Cleland examine football's dark side: the unpleasant, sleazy and downright nasty aspects of the sport. |
Synopsis: |
Association football is the richest, most popular sport in history with a multicultural global following. It is also riven with corruption, racism, homophobia and a violence that has for decades resisted all attempts to tame it. Cashmore and Cleland examine football's dark side: the unpleasant, sleazy and downright nasty aspects of the sport. |
Illustrations: |
VI, 106 p. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Palgrave Pivot |
Returns: |
Returnable |