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Drinkers, non-drinkers and deferrers:Reconsidering the beer⁄footy couplet amongst Australian Rules football fans
Citation
Thompson, K and Palmer, C and Raven, M, Drinkers, non-drinkers and deferrers:Reconsidering the beer⁄footy couplet amongst Australian Rules football fans, The Australian Journal of Anthropology, 22 pp. 388-408. ISSN 1035-8811 (2011) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2011 Australian Anthropological Society
DOI: doi:10.1111/j.1757-6547.2011.00152.x
Abstract
There is a common perception that football and alcohol go hand in hand and that players
and fans routinely engage in excessive and irresponsible drinking. In Australia, this is manifest
in the stereotypical ‘Pissed Aussie Rules fan’. Following research with Australian Rules
football fans in South Australia, we identified three categories of fans according to their
(non)engagement with alcohol: Drinkers, Non-Drinkers and Deferrers. Deferrers were selfidentified
drinkers who separated alcohol consumption from spectating, for fear of ‘contamination’.
Our identification of counter-stereotypic ways in which fans engage with alcohol (or
not) challenges the assumptive worlds in which popular commentary on football and
drinking operates. This was, to our knowledge, the first ethnography of drinking behaviour
amongst Australian Rules football fans. It demonstrates the advantage of using ethnographic
research techniques to understand the relationship between identity and consumption.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Studies in Human Society |
Research Group: | Sociology |
Research Field: | Sociology not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Cultural Understanding |
Objective Group: | Arts and Leisure |
Objective Field: | Organised Sports |
UTAS Author: | Palmer, C (Professor Catherine Palmer) |
ID Code: | 84901 |
Year Published: | 2011 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 9 |
Deposited By: | Social Sciences |
Deposited On: | 2013-06-05 |
Last Modified: | 2015-02-11 |
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