Better to Reign in Hell

Authors:

By Jim Miller, Kelly Mayhew

Format:

Hardback

Availability:

In print, usually dispatched within 5-7 days.

Price:

£15.99

Tagged with:

American Football, American Football Teams, Fan Culture, Oakland Raiders

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Further Details

• Published: 31st Oct 2005
• ISBN: 156584890X
• Pages: 328

From the Publisher:

The silver-and-black-clad Oakland Raiders fans are the most notorious in American professional sports, with a mythic reputation for cursing, drinking, brawling, and generally wreaking mayhem. The devotion of the team's multiracial, largely blue-collar supporters runs deep, creating a profound sense of community. As Jim Miller and Kelly Mayhew reveal in this hair-raising and entertaining new book, the self-described Raider Nation, smitten with its outlaw mystique, provides a gritty alternative to California's sunshine-and-granola image.

Over the course of the harrowing 2003 season, Miller and Mayhew explored the reality behind the myth and interviewed legions of rabid Raiders fans--from suburban families to bikers--while attending games in the Black Hole (the rowdiest section in Oakland's stadium), frequenting sports bars, and crashing tailgate parties.

Featuring the extraordinary photography of Joseph A. Blum, Better to Reign in Hell is both a rollicking tale of obsessive fandom and a fascinating study of the intersection of class, race, gender, and community in professional sports.