Footy Passions

Joy Damousi, John Cash

UNSW Press, 2009 - History - 204 pages

In this riveting and moving book, AFL fans talk about the emotions associated with the game and how it gives meaning to their lives, showing that football is more than just a game.

Contents

• Acknowledgments: 7
• Preface: 11
• A Passionate Attachment: 15
• Loss and Redemption: 30
• In the Name of the Father: 48
• Fathers and Daughters at Play: 63
• Reality Bites: 94
• Australian Rules: 114
• Living through Loss: 142
• Football and Place Home and Away: 163
• Final Siren: 195

About the author

Joy Damousi was born on June 17, 1961 in Melbourne, Australia. She is a graduate of La Trobe University, BA (Honours) and Australian National University, PhD in history. She has held various positions at the University of Melbourne, Monash University, La Trobe University in women's studies and history. Her books include Gender and War: Australians at War in the Twentieth Century, Depraved and Disorderly: Female Convicts, Sexuality and Gender in Colonial Australia, Living with the Aftermath: Trauma, Nostalgia and Grief in Post-War Australia, The Labour of Loss: Mourning, Memory and Wartime Bereavement in Australia, Colonial Voices: A Cultural History of English in Australia, 1840-1940, and Memory and Migration in the Shadow of War: Australia's Greek Immigrants after World War II and the Greek Civil War.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Footy Passions
• Authors: Joy Damousi, John Cash
• Publisher: UNSW Press, 2009
• ISBN: 086840957X, 9780868409573
• Length: 204 pages
• Subjects: History / Australia & New Zealand; Social Science / Popular Culture; Sports & Recreation / Football; Sports & Recreation / General