TY  - BOOK
AU  - Crawford,Garry
TI  - Consuming sport: fans, sport, and culture 
SN  - 0415288908
AV  - GV715 .C73 2004
U1  - 306.4/83 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Sports spectators
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Sports
KW  - Sociological aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p.164-177 ) and index; 1; Introduction --; 2; Conceptualizing sport fans --; 3; Sport fan communities --; 4; The meaning of the contemporary sport venue --; 5; Consumption, spectacle and performance --; 6; Social control and supporter violence --; 7; Sport fans and everyday life --; 8; Consumer goods --; 9; Mass media and new media technologies --; 10; Conclusion
N2  - "Consuming Sport offers a detailed consideration of how sport is experienced and engaged with in the everyday lives, social networks and consumer patterns of its followers. It examines the processes of becoming a sport fan, and the social and moral career that supporters follow as their involvement develops over a life-course."--BOOK JACKET
ER  -