ABSTRACT
This book presents a series of fascinating case studies that show how the lives and bodies of clubs, players and fans around the world are enmeshed with politics.
It draws on original research in countries including England, Scotland, Ireland, Poland, Mexico, Algeria and Argentina and includes both historical and contemporary perspectives. It explores some of the most important themes in the study of sport, including sectarianism, migration, fan activism and national identity, and shows how football continues to be tied to political events, symbols and movements.
This is fascinating reading for any student or researcher working in sport studies, political science, sociology or contemporary history.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |10 pages
Introduction
Understanding the connection between football, identity and (P)politics
chapter Chapter 1|16 pages
‘Show respect to our anthem’
Identity politics and national team football in Northern Ireland
chapter Chapter 2|15 pages
From ‘Billy Boys’ to ‘Ulster Boys’?
Sectarianism, Northern Ireland supporters and the emergence of the ‘Green and White Army’
chapter Chapter 4|20 pages
‘Poppies in the field’
The spectacularisation of military remembrance in British football
chapter Chapter 5|16 pages
Football in ‘French’ Algeria and ‘Algerian’ France
From colonisation to globalisation
chapter Chapter 6|15 pages
Enduring passions
Football, Peronism and the politics of national identity in Argentina
chapter Chapter 8|17 pages
Ehhhhh pu! … what?
A critical conversation about Mexican football fandom and the word at the centre of a homophobic chant
chapter Chapter 10|17 pages
Rescuing football clubs by supporters
The role and forms of social capital
