LEADER 00000cam 2200433Ki 4500 001 ocn727944888 003 OCoLC 005 20160518074832.8 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 110601s2007 enk o 000 0 eng d 019 723944696|a726828958 020 9781849405898|q(electronic bk.) 020 1849405891|q(electronic bk.) 035 (OCoLC)727944888|z(OCoLC)723944696|z(OCoLC)726828958 040 N$T|beng|epn|erda|cN$T|dE7B|dOCLCQ|dOCLCF|dOCLCQ|dNLGGC |dYDXCP|dEBLCP|dIDEBK|dMERUC|dDEBSZ|dOCLCQ 049 GTKE 050 4 GV943.9.P7|bO25 2007eb 082 04 796.334/01|222 100 1 Oakley, Chris. 245 10 Football delirium /|cChris Oakley. 264 1 London :|bKarnac Books,|c2007. 300 1 online resource (204 pages) 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 505 0 Introduction; Parklife; Trenchmouth; The Tableau Vivant; Living the Dream; Sex in the Stadium; Losing: My Religion; Football is Therapy; Conclusion. 520 In the tradition of Adam Phillips and Darian Leader, Chris Oakley shines his spotlight on the world of football and with wit and erudition looks at the question of why there is this worldwide preoccupation with football. Does anybody have the answer? This book argues that football offers us the possibility of manageable doses of self- elected madness. A madness that is essential for a sane life. For the paradox is that this very madness is simultaneously therapeutic: football as an insistent provocation, repeatedly re-inaugurating the reverie or drift, disrupted by those moments of the most int. 588 0 Print version record. 650 0 Soccer|xPsychological aspects. 650 0 Soccer fans|xPsychology. 650 7 SPORTS & RECREATION|xSoccer.|2bisacsh 650 7 Soccer fans|xPsychology.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01122179 650 7 Soccer|xPsychological aspects.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01122151 776 08 |iPrint version:|aOakley, Chris.|tFootball delirium. |dLondon : Karnac Books, 2007|z1855754789 |w(OCoLC)171111529 914 ocn727944888 994 93|bGTK
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