Football Fandom, Mobilization and Herbert Blumer: A Social Movement Analysis of F.C. United of Manchester
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Peter Millward [1] ; George Poulton [2]
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[1] Liverpool John Moores University
Liverpool John Moores University
Reino Unido
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[2] University of Manchester
University of Manchester
Reino Unido
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- Localización: Sociology of sport journal, ISSN 0741-1235, Vol. 31, Nº. 1, 2014, págs. 1-22
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
This article explores the establishment and development of fan-owned association football club, F.C. United of Manchester. It does this by drawing upon extensive ethnographic fieldwork, including interviews, observations and an analysis of multiple texts, such as fanzines, web-based and media reports materials and discusses this using Herbert Blumer’s theory of collective behavior. As such, the article addresses two research questions: first, what the empirical case example of F.C. United of Manchester offers to the critical understanding of Blumer’s theory and second, what the theory can give to the understanding of twenty-first century protests in popular culture. Therefore this article contributes to contemporary debates on association football fandom, social movements and the theories of Herbert Blumer.
