Imagined communities of fandom: sport, spectatorship, meaning and alienation in late capitalism
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Kalman-Lamb, N
Published in: Sport in Society
January 1, 2021
This article accounts for the allure of sports spectatorship in late capitalism by theorizing spectatorial communities as imagined communities. Building on the work of Benedict Anderson and others, and drawing on discourse around fandom in popular culture and the media, it argues that imagined communities of fandom function as sites of meaning and community within the alienating and individualist context of late capitalism. These communities are invented and continuously rehearsed through fetish spectacle and ritualistic practice and produce Manichean understandings of social relations that can lead to marginalization and violence.
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Sport in Society
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1743-0437
Publication Date
January 1, 2021
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24
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6
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922 / 936
Related Subject Headings
- Sport, Leisure & Tourism
- 4702 Cultural studies
- 4207 Sports science and exercise
- 1608 Sociology
- 1504 Commercial Services
- 1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences
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Kalman-Lamb, N. (2021). Imagined communities of fandom: sport, spectatorship, meaning and alienation in late capitalism. Sport in Society, 24(6), 922–936. https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2020.1720656
Kalman-Lamb, N. “Imagined communities of fandom: sport, spectatorship, meaning and alienation in late capitalism.” Sport in Society 24, no. 6 (January 1, 2021): 922–36. https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2020.1720656.
Kalman-Lamb N. Imagined communities of fandom: sport, spectatorship, meaning and alienation in late capitalism. Sport in Society. 2021 Jan 1;24(6):922–36.
Kalman-Lamb, N. “Imagined communities of fandom: sport, spectatorship, meaning and alienation in late capitalism.” Sport in Society, vol. 24, no. 6, Jan. 2021, pp. 922–36. Scopus, doi:10.1080/17430437.2020.1720656.
Kalman-Lamb N. Imagined communities of fandom: sport, spectatorship, meaning and alienation in late capitalism. Sport in Society. 2021 Jan 1;24(6):922–936.
Published In
Sport in Society
DOI
ISSN
1743-0437
Publication Date
January 1, 2021
Volume
24
Issue
6
Start / End Page
922 / 936
Related Subject Headings
- Sport, Leisure & Tourism
- 4702 Cultural studies
- 4207 Sports science and exercise
- 1608 Sociology
- 1504 Commercial Services
- 1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences