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Recommended Reading
This is not a comprehensive bibliography of football studies but rather one that reflects my own interests in the field of French football culture.
Agulhon, M. and Oulmont, P. Nation, patrie, patriotisme (Paris: La Documentation française, 1993).
Anderson, B. Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism (London: Verso, 1983).
Bernard, D. 'The New Ambassadors, or the Reincarnation of the Temple Money Changers?', in Rühn, C. Le Foot: The Legends of French Football (London: Abacus, 2000), pp. 285-6.
Blain, N. and Boyle, R. 'Sport as Real Life: Media Sport and Culture', in Briggs, A. and Cobley, P. (eds) The Media: An Introduction (London, Longman, 1998).
Blain, N. and O'Donnell, H. 'European Sports Journalism and its Readers', in Roche, M. (ed.) Sport, Popular Culture and Identity (Aachen: Meyer and Meyer, 1998).
Blain, N., Boyle, R. and O'Donnell, H. Sport and National Identity in the Media (Leicester: Leicester University Press, 1993).
Boniface, P. (ed.) Géopolitique du football (Brussels: Editions complexe, 1998).
Boyle, R. and Haynes, R. Power Play: Sport, the Media and Popular Culture (Harlow: Pearson Education, 2000).
Bozonnet, J.-J. Sport et société (Paris: Le Monde Editions, 1996).
Bromberger, C. 'Football passion and the World Cup: why so much sound and fury?', in Sugden, J. and Tomlinson, A. (eds) Hosts and Champions. Soccer Cultures, National Identities and the USA World Cup (Aldershot: Arena, 1994), pp 281-90.
Bromberger, C. Le Match de football. Ethnologie d'une passion partisane à Marseille, Naples et Turin (Paris: Maison des sciences de l'homme, 1995).
Bromberger, C. 'Le Football, phénomène de représentation collective', in Boniface, P. (ed.) Géopolitique du football (Brussels: Editions complexe, 1998), pp. 41-8.
Bromberger, C. Football, la bagatelle la plus sérieuse du monde (Paris: Bayard, 1998).
Broussard, P. Génération supporter: enquête sur les ultras du football (Paris: Robert Laffont, 1990).
Brown, A. (ed.) Fanatics! Power, Identity and Fandom in Football (London: Routledge, 1998).
Carlin, J. 'Brothers in Arms: Les Bleus Win the World Cup, 1998', in Rühn, C. Le Foot: The Legends of French Football (London: Abacus, 2000), pp. 59-70.
Cazal, J.-M., Cazal, P. and Oreggia, M. L'Intégrale de l'équipe de France de football (Paris: Eds Générales First, 1998).
Citron, S. Le Mythe national: l'histoire de France en question (Paris: Editions ouvrières/EDI, 1991).
Connelly, C. Spirit High and Passion Pure. A Journey through European Football (Edinburgh: Mainstream, 2000).
Crolley, L. and Hand, D. 'France and the English Other: The Mediation of National Identities in Post-war Football Journalism', The Web Journal of French Media Studies, Vol. 4, no. 1 (2002).
Crolley, L. and Hand, D. Football, Europe and the Press: Imagined Identities? (London: Frank Cass, 2002).
Crolley, L., Hand, D. and Jeutter, R. 'National Obsessions and Identities in Football Match Reports', in Brown, A. (ed.) Fanatics! Power, Identity and Fandom in Football (London: Routledge, 1998), pp. 173-85.
Crolley, L., Hand, D. and Jeutter, R. 'Playing the Identity Card: Stereotypes in European Football', Soccer and Society I, 2 (2000), pp. 107-28.
Dauncey, H. and Hare, G. (eds) France and the 1998 World Cup. The National Impact of a World Sporting Event (London: Frank Cass, 1999).
Debray, R. Transmettre (Paris: Odile Jacob, 1997).
Dine, P. 'Sport and Identity in the New France', in Kidd, W. and Reynolds, S. Contemporary French Cultural Studies (London: Arnold, 2000), pp. 165-78.
Duke, V. and Crolley, L. Football, Nationality and the State (London: Longman, 1996).
Favier, J. (ed.) Chronique de la France et des Français (Paris: Jacques Legrand/Larousse, 1987).
Faure, J.-M. and Suaud, C. Le Football professionnel à la française (Paris: PUF, 1999).
Gardiner, S. 'The Law and Hate Speech: "Ooh, aah, Cantona" and the Demonisation of "the Other"', in Brown, A. (ed.) Fanatics! Power, Identity and Fandom in Football (London: Routledge, 1998), pp. 249-64.
Greaves, A. 'Sport in France', in Cook, M. (ed.) French Culture since 1945 (London: Longman, 1993), pp. 125-48.
Gritti, J. Sport à la une (Paris: Armand Colin, 1975).
Hall, S. and du Gay, P. Questions of Cultural Identity (London: Sage, 1996).
Hand, D. 'Footix: the History behind a Modern Mascot', French Cultural Studies, 9 (1998), pp. 239-47.
Hand, D. 'France, Football and Society', in Modern & Contemporary France, 7, 1 (1999), pp. 93-6.
Hand, D. 'Football, Cultural Identities and the Media', on leisuretourism.com, (Oxford: CABi Publishing, 2002).
Hélal, H. and Mignon, P. (eds) Football, jeu et société (Paris: Cahiers de l'INSEP, no. 25, 1999).
Hidalgo, M. 'Le Football au mondial: jeu et enjeux', in Hélal, H. and Mignon, P. (eds) Football, jeu et société (Paris: Cahiers de l'INSEP, no. 25, 1999), pp. 17-34.
Higson, A. 'National identity and the media', in Briggs, A. and Cobley, P. (eds) The Media: An Introduction (London: Longman, 1998).
Holt, R. 'Contrasting Nationalisms: Sport, Militarism and the Unitary State in Britain and France before 1914', in Mangan, J.A. (ed.) Tribal Identities (London: Frank Cass, 1996), pp. 39-54.
Jeandupeux, D. 'Le Style d’un club', in Hélal, H. and Mignon, P. (eds) Football, jeu et société (Paris: Cahiers de l'INSEP, no. 25, 1999), pp. 121-33.
Lyons, A. and Ticher, M. (eds) Back Home: How the World Watched France 98 (London: WSC Books, 1998).
Marks, J. 'The French National Team and National Identity: "Cette France d'un bleu métis"', in Dauncey, H. and Hare, G. (eds) France and the 1998 World Cup. The National Impact of a World Sporting Event (London: Frank Cass, 1999), pp. 41-57.
McKeever, L. 'Reporting the World Cup: Old and New Media', in Dauncey, H. and Hare, G. (eds) France and the 1998 World Cup. The National Impact of a World Sporting Event (London: Frank Cass, 1999), pp. 161-83.
Mignon, P. La Passion du football (Paris: Odile Jacob, 1998).
Mignon, P. 'France: A Beautiful World', in Lyons, A. and Ticher, M. (eds) Back Home: How the World Watched France 98 (London: WSC Books, 1998), pp. 199-207.
Mignon, P. 'Fans and Heroes', in Dauncey, H. and Hare, G. (eds) France and the 1998 World Cup. The National Impact of a World Sporting Event (London: Frank Cass, 1999), pp. 79-97.
Nora, P (ed.) Les Lieux de mémoire (Paris: Gallimard, 1997).
O'Donnell, H. 'Mapping the Mythical: A Geopolitics of National Sporting Stereotypes', Discourse and Society, 5, 3 (1994), pp. 345-80.
O'Donnell, H. and Blain, N. 'Performing the Carmagnole: Negotiating French National Identity during France 98', in Journal of European Area Studies, 7, 2 (1999), pp. 211-25.
Pastoureau, M. 'Les Couleurs du stade', Vingtième siècle, 26 (1990), pp. 11-18.
Pecheral, A. 'Olympique Marseille: The First French European Cup Victory', in Rühn, C. Le Foot: The Legends of French Football (London: Abacus, 2000), pp. 13-17.
Perelman, M. Les Intellectuels et le football: montée de tous les maux et recul de la pensée (Paris: Les Editions de la passion, 2000).
PCC 'France 98 - The World Cup' (13 May 1998), PCC statement.
Pickup, I. 'French Football from its Origins to Euro 96', in Dauncey, H. and Hare, G. (eds) France and the 1998 World Cup. The National Impact of a World Sporting Event (London: Frank Cass, 1999), pp. 22-40.
Ramonet, I. 'Football et passions nationales', in Boniface, P. (ed.) Géopolitique du football (Brussels: Editions complexe, 1998), pp. 55-62.
Ravenel, L. La Géographie du football en France (Paris: PUF, 1998).
Renan, E. 'Qu'est-ce qu'une nation? Conférence faite en Sorbonne, le 11 mars 1882' (Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1995 [C. Lévy, 1882]).
Rowe, D. Sport, Culture and the Media (Buckingham: Open University Press, 1999).
Rowe, D., McKoy, J. and Miller, T. 'Come Together: Sport, Nationalism and the Media Image', in Wenner, L. (ed.) MediaSport (London: Routledge, 1998), pp. 119-33.
Rühn, C. Le Foot: The Legends of French Football (London: Abacus, 2000).
Saccomano, E. (ed.) Larousse du football (Paris: Larousse/Bordas, 2000).
Sonntag, A. 'Le Football, image de la nation', in Boniface, P. (ed.) Géopolitique du football (Brussels: Editions complexe, 1998), pp. 31-40.
Stasi, B. 'Le Football: aventure personnelle et phénomène de société', in Boniface, P. (ed.) Géopolitique du football (Brussels: Editions complexe, 1998), pp. 127-31.
Sugden, J. and Tomlinson, A. FIFA and the Contest for World Football. Who Rules the People's Game? (Cambridge: Polity Press, 1998).
Thompson, A. 'From Teaching to Coaching: Gérard Houllier', in Rühn, C.Le Foot: The Legends of French Football (London: Abacus, 2000), pp. 216-22.
Wahl, A. Les Archives du football. Sport et société en France (1880-1980) (Paris: Gallimard/Julliard, 1989).
Wahl, A. 'Pour une histoire du jeu', in Hélal, H. and Mignon, P. (eds) Football, jeu et société (Paris: Cahiers de l’INSEP, no. 25, 1999), pp. 35-45.
Wenner, L. (ed.) MediaSport (London: Routledge, 1998).
Whannel, G. Fields in Vision - Television Sport and Cultural Transformation (London: Routledge, 1992).
Whannel, G. 'Reading the Sports Media Audience', in Wenner, L. (ed.) MediaSport (London: Routledge, 1998), pp. 119-33.
Yapp, N. and Syrett, M. The Xenophobe's Guide to the French (Horsham: Ravette, 1993).
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