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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Football hooliganism, fan behaviour and crime |
| Subtitle of host publication | contemporary issues |
| Editors | Matt Hopkins, James Treadwell |
| Place of Publication | Basingstoke |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 201-221 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Edition | 1st |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781137347978 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781349467587 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 9 May 2014 |
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Football fans in an age of intolerance. / Waiton, Stuart.
Football hooliganism, fan behaviour and crime: contemporary issues. ed. / Matt Hopkins; James Treadwell. 1st. ed. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. p. 201-221.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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T1 - Football fans in an age of intolerance
AU - Waiton, Stuart
N1 - This is the author's original manuscript, which has not been edited, embargoed until June 2017. The definitive, published, version of record is available here: http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/antisocial-behaviour-in-britain-sarah-pickard/?K=9781137399304. Published version © Palgrave Macmillan. Reproduced with permission of Palgrave Macmillan.
PY - 2014/5/9
Y1 - 2014/5/9
N2 - This chapter explores the changing nature of policing at football matches, a change that incorporates two different forms of elitism. The shift, it is argued, relates to a move from traditional conservative snobbery about football fans, to a new form of cosmopolitan snobbery. The former, in the 1980s, resulted in the physical caging of fans and led to the deaths at Hillsborough. The latter is arguably more problematic and is preoccupied less with the control of ‘bodies’, than with the regulation of minds (and mouths). Today’s obsession about regulating football fans (and indeed players) stems from an exaggerated concern about the bigoted nature of football supporters – indeed of the white working class, in Britain. The regulation of speech and behaviour at games should be understood as a new form of moralising, a new etiquette and an intolerant form of policing of ‘offensiveness’.
AB - This chapter explores the changing nature of policing at football matches, a change that incorporates two different forms of elitism. The shift, it is argued, relates to a move from traditional conservative snobbery about football fans, to a new form of cosmopolitan snobbery. The former, in the 1980s, resulted in the physical caging of fans and led to the deaths at Hillsborough. The latter is arguably more problematic and is preoccupied less with the control of ‘bodies’, than with the regulation of minds (and mouths). Today’s obsession about regulating football fans (and indeed players) stems from an exaggerated concern about the bigoted nature of football supporters – indeed of the white working class, in Britain. The regulation of speech and behaviour at games should be understood as a new form of moralising, a new etiquette and an intolerant form of policing of ‘offensiveness’.
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SN - 9781349467587
SP - 201
EP - 221
BT - Football hooliganism, fan behaviour and crime
A2 - Hopkins, Matt
A2 - Treadwell, James
PB - Palgrave Macmillan
CY - Basingstoke
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