title: The postmodernity of football hooliganism.
abstract: By using a 'cultural' definition of 'postmodernism' (derived from Jameson and Martin) in which postmodernism is regarded as the transgression of modern boundaries, this article traces the emergence of postmodern aspects to violent male fandom at football games since the 1960s. It is argued that at games, male fans have created imaginary masculine and national boundaries by which they have affirmed their identities but that in fighting they have sought to breach these boundaries in postmodern fashion.
authors.affiliation: University of Liverpool.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D003469:Culture; D004739:England; D005060:Europe; D005538:Football / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019529:Sexuality / Q000266:history* / Q000523:psychology; D012923:Social Class; D012945:Social Values; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology