Description: According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, outdoor soccer was the second most popular organized sport for Australian children after swimming. It far outstripped the popularity of the three other football codes that are played in Australia - rugby league, rugby union and Australian Rules football. Yet the soccer participation phenomenon in Australia is matched neither by the media coverage of the game in these countries, nor by the academic interest in the game. With a few notable exceptions in academic sports history, the game of soccer remains understudied in comparison with the other football codes. And, apart from some interest that is generated by World Cup campaigns, the media coverage of soccer is largely marginalized, and becomes most emphasized when reporting on aspects of 'hooligan' crowd behaviour. This book investigates some of the ways that soccer has been maintained as marginal to Australian identity, and why the sport remains vitally important to some marginalized groups within these communities. This book was previously published as a special issue of Sport in Society.
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EAN: 9781138880580
UPC: 9781138880580
ISBN: 9781138880580
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Item Length: 24.6 cm
Book Title: The Containment of Soccer in Australia: Fencing Off the World Game
Item Height: 246mm
Item Width: 189mm
Author: John E. Hughson, Christopher J. Hallinan
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication Year: 2015
Item Weight: 295g
Number of Pages: 168 Pages
