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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.

Table of Contents:
Anthony Giddens, Foreword -- Richard Giulianotti & Gary Armstrong, Reclaiming the Game: An Introduction to the Anthropology of Football -- Eduardo P. Archetti, ‘And Give Joy to my Heart': Ideology and Emotions in the Argentinian Cult of Maradona -- José Sergio Leite Lopes, Successes and Contradictions in ‘Multiracial' Brazilian Football -- Rocco De Biasi & Pierre Lanfranchi, The Importance of Difference: Football Identities in Italy -- Dag Tuastad, The Political Role of Football for Palestinians in Jordan -- Paul Nchoji Nkwi & Bea Vidacs, Football: Politics and Power in Cameroon -- Paul Richards, Football and Violence in War-Torn Africa: Soccer and Social Rehabilitation in Sierra Leone -- Anne Leseth, The Use of Juju in Football: Sport and Witchcraft in Tanzania -- Gary Armstrong & Malcolm Young, Legislators and Interpreters: The Law and ‘Football Hooligans' -- Richard Giulianotti, Enlightening the North: Aberdeen Fanzines and Football Identity -- Hans Kristian Hognestad, The Jambo Experience: An Anthropological Study of Hearts Fans -- John Hughson, The Bad Blue Boys and the ‘Magical Recovery' of John Clarke -- David L. Andrews, Robert Pitter, Detlev Zwick & Darren Ambrose, Soccer's Racial Frontier: Sport and the Suburbanization of Contemporary America

About the Author :
Gary Armstrong Lecturer,Department of Sport Science, Brunel University Richard Giulianotti University of Aberdeen

Review :
'Illuminating, entertaining and ...well-written.'When Saturday Comes''[A] valuable contribution to an expanding field of academic interest in global sport and world football. Furthermore, its interpretative approach provides a richness to the study of sport which has been relatively absent until recent years.'Journal of European Area Studies'An absorbing in-depth and profound academical study which brings to light new perspectives on world football ... a most important addition to one's library because it offers a completely new study of football spectator perception.'Malta Sunday Times'The first serious attempt to treat the phenomenon of football in an intercultural and comparative context on a universal scale ... Encompasses a rich panorama of the 'state of the art' and prefigures the future research locations of a genuine anthropology of football.'Social Anthropology'... an excellent anthology of 13 essays that affirm football as an important cultural instituti


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781859731932
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Berg Publishers
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 328
  • Series Title: Explorations in Anthropology
  • Sub Title: New Perspectives on World Football
  • ISBN-10: 1859731937
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jun 1997
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 17 mm
  • Width: 138 mm


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