Thrown for a Loss
(American) Football and the European Sport Space
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3757498 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maarten Van Bottenburg (0000-0001-5764-2459, Mulier Institute, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 1550-1562 |
| Publication date | 2003-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002764203046011007 |
| OpenAlex | W2076285407 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 22 |
This article discusses the cultural insignificance of football in Europe despite the receptiveness of Europeans to American popular culture in general. It is argued that this anomaly can be explained by a sociohistorical perspective on the differential popularization of sports and the changing social structure in which sports are being diffused. In doing so, it is shown that football only entered the European sport space after 1980 and that the attempts by the National Football League to launch football as a spectator sport will fail without a basic foundation at a grassroots level
Advertising · American football · Business · Football · Grassroots · Insignificance · League · Media studies · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Spectator sport · Law · Physical Education and Pedagogy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society
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Representation of sporting migrants
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The McDonaldization of society
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Culture, globalization, and the world-system
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Sport in Asia and Africa
Sport, Identity Politics, and Globalization
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More than a Sporting Touchdown
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Sports Diffusion
From Old Boys to Men and Women of the Corporation
If You've Seen One, You've Seen the Mall
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The Contribution of Televised Sports to the Spread of Sports Activities
Sport Spectatorship in Scandinavia
Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy
The Local and the Global
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,61 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |