Analyzing football as a cultural practice; this book investigates the connection between the sport and its built environment. Four thematic sections bring together an international multi-disciplinary range of perspectives with particular focus on the stadium.Examples from architectural design; media studies and archaeology are used while studying advertising; economics; migration; fandom; local identities; emotions; gender; and the sociology of space. Texts and case-studies build up this useful book for lecturers and researchers in sociology; cultural studies; geography; architecture; sport and environment.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. A Welcome Remedy for the Digitized SoulBy dave10I expected this slim volume. suitable (almost) for carrying in your hip pocket. to be more a work of sardonic humor or a collection of essays about the absurdity of modern life. Instead. Andrei Codrescu has put together a book that traces the Dada Non-Art Movement from its beginnings during WWI to the present. Its also a work of sardonic humor (which is very funny when Codrescu wants it to be). but rather than a series of brief essays. the book follows its themes across almost an entire century. He lets us know that Dada. which eschewed the future and art. had the unintended impact of begetting all manner of art movements. from Surrealism to Abstract Expressionism to the literary style wrongly known as "post-modernism" -- Vonnegut. Barth. Heller. Barthelme. etc.In the end. Codrescu assures us. art can remain a redemptive force in a world in which the Posthuman has overtaken all other movements and philosophies. As we watch our world steadily become digitized. the general stance of Dada might be exactly what we need. I love this book.10 of 11 people found the following review helpful. Dada Made Comprehensible - And RelevantBy MichaelCodrescu brilliantly and humorously shows how productive the "anti-art" of Dada was - and is. He makes the best case Ive read for the movements historical importance and continued relevance. and he does it with sustained ebullience. Dadas stress on nonsense never made so much sense. By making Dada clear and useful. Codrescu risks betraying Dadas own principled stance of opposing all principles. but he remains true to Dadas negations while affirming them. This is a neat trick; this is a great little book.0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Guide to Dada? Are you nuts?By G. H. GoodwinDada. You either like it or you dont .
