Hate crime in football:

Rates of hate crime within football have been increasing, despite the visibility of anti-racist actions such as 'taking the knee'. With a unique collection of testimonies, this book shows that hostility is a daily occurrence for some professional football players, ranging from online threa...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Awan, Imran ca. 20./21. Jh (Editor), Zempi, Irene 1984- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol Bristol University Press 2023
Subjects:
Links:https://doi.org/10.46692/9781529227208?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.46692/9781529227208?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.46692/9781529227208?locatt=mode:legacy
Summary:Rates of hate crime within football have been increasing, despite the visibility of anti-racist actions such as 'taking the knee'. With a unique collection of testimonies, this book shows that hostility is a daily occurrence for some professional football players, ranging from online threats to physical intimidation and violence at football matches. Bringing a range of perspectives to this widespread problem, leading academics, practitioners and policy makers shed light on the best strategies to tackle racism, homophobia, transphobia and misogyny in football
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 03 Apr 2024)
Front Matter -- - Contents -- - List of Tables -- - Notes on Contributors -- - Acknowledgements -- - Introduction -- - Englishness and Football Cultures: Belonging, Race and the Nation -- - Antisemitism in Football -- - Spot Kick on Racism: Marcus Rashford and Criminally Damaging Penalty Shoot-Outs -- - 'England till I Die': Memoirs of a South Asian Football Fan -- - Racism in Football: Perspectives from Two Sides of the Atlantic -- - A Critical Analysis of Past and Present Campaigns to Challenge Online Racism in English Professional Football -- - Homophobia, Hate Crime and Men's Professional Football -- - Women Footballers in the United Kingdom: Feminism, Misogynoir and Hate Crimes -- - Trans Exclusion in Football -- - Tackling Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia in Football: What (If Anything) Works? -- - Prosecuting Hate Crime in Football -- - Index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 209 Seiten)
ISBN:9781529227208
DOI:10.46692/9781529227208