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Entering the Field - New Perspectives On World Football |
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Gary Armstrong & Richard Giulianotti |
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Berg |
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1997 |
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1859731987 |
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Synopsis :
As the 1994 World Cup Finals in the United States clearly demonstrated, football is the quintessential global game. One of the world's most popular arenas for the expression of conflict and emotion, it is virtually unparalleled as a site for cultural analysis. Players, officials, supporters and commentators all have key roles in a social drama incorporating the deeply symbolic and ritualistic. A powerful vehicle for ideals of masculinity, football also offers penetrating insights into the iconography of the body; manifestations of rivalry and conflict; discourses of knowledge; expressions of communitas and geo-social belonging; the celebration and denigration of the Other; and the inversion of power hierarchies through carnival.
In bringing these themes together, this accessible and absorbing book by leading scholars of sport and leisure reveals football's differing meanings across cultures. It will be of interest to students and scholars in cultural studies, anthropology, sports sciences and, more simply, to anyone with a passion for this global game.
Our verdict :
Football is the most important thing in the world, or isn't it?!
How deep does football root in the cultures of people all over the world. It's more than just a game, that's for sure. This book gives an insight in the cultural backgrounds of the popular game. It's not a football book but more a kind of anthropology study.
Some chapter titles :
- The Political Role of Football for Palestinians
- Football: Politics and Power in Cameroon
- Soccer and Violence in war-torn Africa
- Sport and Witchraft in Tanzania
- An Anthropological Study of Hearts Fans
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A serious book about the influence of football on life all over the world. Not super easy to read, so if you like many pictures don't start on this one.
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