Football, Europe and the Press
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Football, Europe and the Press: Imagined Identities?
Co-author Liz Crolley
"Readable, authoritative, fascinating. An attractive addition to the Sport in the Global Society Series." (Professor J.A. Mangan, University of Strathclyde, pre-publication review).
This new book, published by Frank Cass in the
Sport in the Global Society
series and co-authored with Liz
Crolley, examines the
representation and construction of national, regional, and group
identities in European football journalism covering five
countries: England, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. Notions of
the respective national stereotypes are explored in each of the
countries studied. For instance, how is English fighting spirit
viewed at home and on the continent? Is the stereotype of the
French as a nation producing stylish, elegant football teams the
same from country to country? Are there differences from country
to country in the reconstruction of the traditional image of the
Germans as being efficient and technically competent? Similarly,
the perpetuation of diverse regional identities within the
nations in question is also explored: how is the existence of
regional movements in Spain, for example, portrayed by football
writing in that country? Finally, group identities such as those
of black players (in England) or women (in France) are analysed
with a view to understanding how football writing reconstructs
traditional images of such groups. The book is based on extensive
and detailed studies of the language used in football match
reports and related articles appearing in a representative sample
of 'quality' European daily newspapers including, The Times,
Le Monde,
and El País with the material being drawn from three levels of
competition: the 1996 European Championships, the 1997/1998
domestic seasons, and the 1998 World Cup. The result is hopefully
a unique, lively, and timely analysis of image and identity in
European football writing which will appeal to a wide
audience.
CONTENTS:
Introduction: Football, Europe and the Press * PART ONE: ENGLAND * The Bulldog Spirit * This Green and Pleasant Land * An Englishman's Home * PART TWO: FRANCE * La Belle France: Winning with Style * Une et indivisible: Regional Diversity in a Unitary State * Ils sont fous ces Romains! The Other in French Football Writing * PART THREE: SPAIN * La Furia española: The Pride and the Passion of Spanish Football * Viva la diferencia: Spain's Nationalities and Regions in its Football Writing *La Liga de las estrellas: Spain and the International Brigade * Conclusion: Imagined Identities?
ISBN 0 7146 4957 0 cloth
£42.50/$59.50
ISBN 0 7146 8017 6 paper £17.50/$26.50
Sport in the Global Society, number 24
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