ABSTRACT
This book takes a close look at discrimination in football in order to illuminate our understanding of the interaction between sport and wider society, politics and culture, particularly in terms of the (re)production of identity.
It presents insightful and diverse international case studies, including the shadow of fascism in Italian football; fan activism against racism, sexism, and homophobia in US soccer; migrant football clubs in Germany, and the use of football club history in the teaching of antisemitism. Together they demonstrate the damaging societal consequences of unchecked resentment and discrimination in football fan cultures but also the potential for fan activism as a socio-positive force.
This is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in football or fandom, the sociology of sport, cultural studies, or political science.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|26 pages
Prologue
chapter Chapter 1|24 pages
Collective identity and forms of abuse and discrimination in football fan culture
part II|60 pages
Ressentiment
chapter Chapter 3|18 pages
The sociopolitical roots of antisemitism among football fandom
chapter Chapter 5|14 pages
Antisemitic ressentiment-communication directed at RB Leipzig in German football fan culture
part III|43 pages
Identity
chapter Chapter 6|14 pages
Self-directed racialized humor as in-group marker among migrant players in a professional football team
chapter Chapter 7|16 pages
Racism and interethnic conflict in Amateur football
chapter Chapter 8|11 pages
Struggling to belong in the face of otherness
part IV|58 pages
(Anti-)discrimination
chapter Chapter 10|14 pages
Eintracht Frankfurt fans and the museum
chapter Chapter 11|13 pages
A comment on several specific aspects of remembrance and education projects in football
chapter Chapter 12|18 pages
The twofold American exceptionalism in soccer fandom
part V|12 pages
Epilogue