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OverviewFootball in Fiction represents the most comprehensive historical mapping and analysis of novels related to association football (soccer). It offers a theoretically informed field guide, a scholarly cartography of football fiction’s uncertain – and until now – only partially explored terrain. Combining an extensive search for texts with up-to-date academic research, journals, surveys, catalogues, and reviews the book demonstrates a topographic perspective of the field – one that captures and establishes its breadth, depth, and distinctive identity. The book uses and adapts two distinct reading models of abstraction, in conjunction with closer textual analyses. Together they assist in realising a set of demonstrable conventions, outline a taxonomy of fictive types, establish the genre’s current state of play, and advance the football novel as a form with its own literary history and traditions. This book is a valuable resource for those studying and researching in the areas of the social and cultural aspects of football, sports fiction, sports writing, creative writing, and literary and genre studies. Furthermore, related industry professionals will find this a fascinating read, particularly football writers, fans of the sport, and those interested in sports history and cultural phenomena. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lee McGowanPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9781032177106ISBN 10: 1032177101 Pages: 184 Publication Date: 30 September 2021 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews"""a pioneering work that should be considered an initial step in the exploration of a relatively unknown landscape for the sports historian."" – Daniel Alsarve, Örebro University, idrottsforum.org" a pioneering work that should be considered an initial step in the exploration of a relatively unknown landscape for the sports historian. - Daniel Alsarve, OErebro University, idrottsforum.org Author InformationLee McGowan is Researcher at Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Besides critical football studies in women’s football and football fiction, his research focuses on generative narratives and community engagement. He is currently researching the social history of Australian women’s football. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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