While football has never been more popular, the rapidly-changing cultures of its supporters take an ever greater variety of forms, from the New Lad culture which produced Three Lions and Fantasy Football to the extremist ultras in Italy. Embracing studies of fandom across Europe, this text tackles questions of power, national and regional identities, race and racism, highlighting the changing role of fans in the game. From the fast painters of Denmark to the Sonvolti of Italy, the book puts Europe's fans centre stage. The opening section deals with issues of power at all levels in the game,...
While football has never been more popular, the rapidly-changing cultures of its supporters take an ever greater variety of forms, from the New Lad cu...
A 'crisis of community' has emerged in many areas and many have sought to blame a variety of other 'social issues' on the decline of community. Football clubs now embody many of the collective symbols, identifications and processes of connectivity which long been associated with the notion of 'community'.
A 'crisis of community' has emerged in many areas and many have sought to blame a variety of other 'social issues' on the decline of community. Footba...
The Nazis' persecution of the Jews during the Holocaust included the creation of prisoner hierarchies that forced victims to cooperate with their persecutors. Many in the camps and ghettos came to hold so-called "privileged" positions, and their behavior has often been judged as self-serving and harmful to fellow inmates. Such controversial figures constitute an intrinsically important, frequently misunderstood, and often taboo aspect of the Holocaust. Drawing on Primo Levi's concept of the "grey zone," this study analyzes the passing of moral judgment on "privileged" Jews as represented...
The Nazis' persecution of the Jews during the Holocaust included the creation of prisoner hierarchies that forced victims to cooperate with their ...
"Brown... deals in detail with the touchiest aspect of the Holocaust, so-called privileged Jews, and he does so with scholarly thoroughness...Highly recommended." - Choice
"Brown's book benefits readers by raising the familiar but valuable question of choice in impossible situations. More importantly still, it begs the question of whether classic works in literature and film have intentionally or subconsciously influenced audiences' judgments on how we would like to answer for ourselves. Brown's well-researched work is a valuable introduction to thinking such questions through and...
"Brown... deals in detail with the touchiest aspect of the Holocaust, so-called privileged Jews, and he does so with scholarly thoroughness...Highl...
Welcome to Redemption Heights, the home and base of operations for the beings charged with collecting the souls of humanity. One such collector is Dana, a dark angel of death. When a collector called David is sent to spy on the residents of Redemption Heights, He is brutally murdered and all signs point to Dana. She must prove her innocents and expose a conspiracy that will rock the foundations of Redemption Heights and bring two millennia of the collectors to an end.
Welcome to Redemption Heights, the home and base of operations for the beings charged with collecting the souls of humani...
Football clubs across the world continue to embody many of the collective symbols, identifications and processes of connectivity which have long been associated with the notion of 'community'. In recent years, however, the very term 'community' has become the focus of renewed interest within popular discourse and amongst academics, politicians and policy makers. It has become something of a 'buzz' word, wheeled out as both a lament to more certain times and as an appeal to a better future: a term imbued with all the richness associated with human interaction. 'Community' has also been...
Football clubs across the world continue to embody many of the collective symbols, identifications and processes of connectivity which have long been ...
