The culture of production behind the (re)production of football hooligan culture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12342146 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E Poulton (0000-0001-8731-8238, ,, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 770-784 |
| Publication date | 2013-05-22 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Continuum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1030-4312 • E-ISSN: 1469-3666 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10304312.2013.794195 |
| OpenAlex | W2117681791 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 29 |
This article explores the construction and dissemination of media representations of violent crime in popular culture through a case study of Cass (2008), a film adaptation of the autobiography of Cass Pennant, a former football hooligan. Personal biographical research interviews with the film's scriptwriter/director and Pennant himself provided a rare insight into the culture of production underpinning the (re)production of the violent football hooligan culture. The interviews explored the film-makers' preferred meanings, their target audience and distribution strategy, their understanding of the consumption of ‘true crime’ and their responses to reviewers and regulators. While caution is needed when using ‘true crime’ autobiographical accounts and cinematic representations as an academic resource due to their potentially self-serving nature, their analysis can nevertheless inform the study of violent or criminal subcultures – such as football hooliganism – as well as our understanding of the culture of production and production of culture underpinning the mediated celebration of crime and deviance more broadly. As such, the findings usefully contribute to academic and populist debates concerned with the aesthetics and effects of violent media content in popular culture and whether ‘underworld exhibitionists’ should financially benefit from their criminal pasts
Criminology · Football · Media studies · Political science · Popular culture · Sociology · Underpinning · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Engineering · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
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Monsters Inc
Confessional tales from former football hooligans
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The Spectacle of Fearsome Acts
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| Citations per year | 0.38 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |