Argentina versus England at the France '98 World Cup: Narratives of nation and the mythologizing of the popular

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 547-566

  Alabarces, Pablo ^a   Tomlinson, Alan ^b   Young, Christopher ^c  

^a Universidad de Buenos Aires ^*  (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Football styles and heroes; Media events; Sporting stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035732397     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016344301023005001     Document Type: Article

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