Work of Professional Football A Labour of Love?
A long-term study providing rare insights into the precarious career and ordinary working culture of professional footballers. Away from the celebrity-obsessed media gaze, the work of a professional footballer is rarely glamorous and for most players a career in football is insecure and short-lived....
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Taylor & Francis
2006.
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| Edición: | First edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009745313906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction 1 Professional football in context 2 Attitudes to work in professional football 3 Uncertainty and football injuries 4 Injuries, stigma and social identity 5 Transferring and the transformation of self 6 Transfer markets and informal grapevines 7 Control and the process of transferring 8 The fate of idealism in professional football Notes Bibliography Index.
