Football, Europe and the Press

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This book examines the construction of national, regional, and group identities in the football journalism of five European countries: England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Notions of the respective national stereotypes are explored in each of the countries studied.

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This book examines the construction of national, regional, and group identities in the football journalism of five European countries: England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Notions of the respective national stereotypes are explored in each of the countries studied.

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Noting that the relationship between what Americans call soccer and television and radio has been amply documented, Crolley and Hand (both, languages, Manchester Metropolitan U.) here focus on the print media, and especially the quality daily press. They analyze the representation of identity in print of some of Europe's most dominant footballing nations to illuminate the mechanisms used to reflect key issues of national and regional identity, ethnicity, and gender. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780714680170
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • Publication date: 4/28/2002
  • Series: Sport in the Global Society Series
  • Pages: 208
  • Product dimensions: 6.20 (w) x 9.10 (h) x 0.70 (d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Series Editor's Foreword
Introduction: Football, Europe and the Press 1
Pt. 1 England
1 The Bulldog Spirit 19
2 This Green and Pleasant Land 33
3 An Englishman's Home ... 44
Pt. 2 France
4 La Belle France: Winning with Style 63
5 Une et indivisible: Regional Diversity in a Unitary State 75
6 Ils sont fous ces Romains! The Other in French Football Writing 88
Pt. 3 Spain
7 La Furia espanola: The Pride and the Passion of Spanish Football 105
8 Viva la diferencia: Spain's Nationalities and Regions in its Football Writing 124
9 La Liga de las estrellas: Spain and the International Brigade 140
Conclusion: Imagined Identities? 157
Notes 163
Bibliography 179
Index 187
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