Full Description
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.
Contents
Introduction - Imran Awan and Irene Zempi
Chapter 1: Englishness and Football Cultures: Belonging, Race and the Nation - John Solomos
Chapter 2: Antisemitism in Football - Emma Poulton
Chapter 3: Spot Kick on Racism: Marcus Rashford and Criminally Damaging Penalty Shoot Outs - Matt Long and Catherine Armstrong
Chapter 4: "England Till I Die": Memoirs of a South Asian Football Fan - Amjid Khazir
Chapter 5: Racism in Football: Perspectives From Two Sides of the Atlantic - Christos Kassimeris
Chapter 6: A Critical Analysis of Past and Present Campaigns To Challenge Online Racism in English Professional Football - Daniel Kilvington, Jack Black, Mark Doidge, Thomas Fletcher, Colm Kearns, Katie Liston, Theo Lynn, Gary Sinclair, and Pierangelo Rosati
Chapter 7: Homophobia, Hate Crime and Men's Professional Football - Connor Humphries and Rory Magrath
Chapter 8: Women Footballers in the UK: Feminism, Misogynoir and Hate Crimes - Jayne Caudwell, Jane Healy and Aarti Ratna
Chapter 9: Trans Exclusion in Football - Ben Colliver
Chapter 10: Tackling Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia in Football: What (if Anything) Works? - Liz Crolley and Jon Garland
Chapter 11: Prosecuting Hate Crime in Football - Nick Hawkins
