Welcome to Hell?
In Search of the Real Turkish Football
$36.44
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
22 April 2019
Summary
Ask a British football fan what they know about Turkish football, and they are unlikely to describe scenes of camaraderie, hospitality and humour. They are more likely to mention banners proclaiming ‘Welcome to hell’. Or Leeds United supporters stabbed to death on an Istanbul street.
Frustrated by the game’s distorted image back home, John McManus set out to show the Turkish football that he knew - the rich, funny, obsessive, fan culture that he had encountered on the terraces. But he…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474604772 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1474604773 |
| Author: | John McManus |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 22 April 2019 |
| Weight: | 280g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 28mm |
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‘Excellent’ - Irish Sun
“McManus’s triumph is to combine thorough research with readability. A fascinating history of Turkish football, and a model for other books of this type”‘I really enjoyed Welcome to Hell? By John McManus. A heartfelt look at Turkish football culture, which challenges some stereotypes about it, explains others, and smells a little bit of cordite. Excellent’A perceptive and compelling account of how to understand football in Turkey through the eyes of someone who has lived there - The Football PinkAbout The Author
John McManus
John McManus is an anthropologist based at the British Institute at Ankara, where he researches sport and migration in Turkey and the Turkish diaspora. He supports Besiktas and Leicester City. Welcome to Hell? is his first book.
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