Mediated patriot games: The Construction and Representation of National Identities in the British Television Production of Euro ′96

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 437-455

  Poulton, Emma ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Euro 96; football; media sport; national habitus codes codes of being; national identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846871048     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1012690204049072     Document Type: Article

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