Rituals, Rivalries and the City

di Nora Fielding (Autore)

Silverpine Books, 2026

A packed terrace, a campus tailgate, a neighbourhood bar where the same arguments replay after every match: moments like these quietly organise how people belong to places. Chants and colours, routes to the stadium and the way media frame big games all help turn casual support into lasting identities. Through grounded case studies from English clubs and US college teams, Nora Fielding follows what fans actually do before, during and after matches. Streets and stands, dorms and downtowns, headlines and highlight reels become material for understanding how rivalries grow, how cities change around their teams, and how new supporters inherit older stories. Combining accessible theory with practical methods, the chapters show how to study match days, read media narratives and trace connections between local rituals and broader social patterns. Libraries, classrooms and community groups will find tools here for documenting fan cultures and placing recent high-profile fixtures in longer histories of place, class and belonging. Written in clear, observational prose, the book offers a reliable framework for students, researchers and readers of sports and popular culture who want to see football fandom as part of urban life rather than a world apart.

• Autore: Nora Fielding
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: Silverpine Books
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798233626388