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Football and Diaspora: Connecting Dispersed Communities through the Global Game

by Jeffrey W. Kassing , Sangmi Lee
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781032366067
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge
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  • Pages: 206
  • Original Price: GBP 45.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 295 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Cultural & Social Aspects

This is the first book to examine football (soccer) through the lens of diaspora studies. Presenting case studies from across four continents, it considers how diasporic minorities develop a sense of belonging between their national and transnational ethnic communities through an active participation in football.

Bringing together a cross-disciplinary group of scholars working in anthropology, communication, cultural studies, history, psychology, politics, sociology and sport, it unearths the connections between culture, identities, politics, nationalism, globalization, and how those manifest in the lived experience of diasporic peoples. Against a background of the continued internationalization of sport and pervasive global migration, it explores key themes in the social sciences including migration, acculturation, and assimilation; sport, identity, fandom, and representation; and nationhood, citizenship, and politics. As the book focuses on diverse ethnoreligious groups dispersed around the world, it covers a wide range of geographic locations, with cases addressing the Bolivian, Ethiopian, Moroccan, Zimbabwean, Croatian, Irish, and Basque diasporas.

It is fascinating reading for anybody working in sport studies, diaspora studies, political science, sociology, cultural studies, international history or social history.

Jeffrey W. Kassing is Professor of Communication Studies in the School of Social & Behavioral Sciences at Arizona State University, USA. His research interests include sport and identity, sports media, and soccer. He is the co-director of the Sport, Media, and Culture Research Group at Arizona State University.

Sangmi Lee is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Arizona State University, USA. She received her Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil.) in anthropology at the University of Oxford, UK. Her research focuses on diaspora, transnationalism, nationalism, and multiculturalism based on ethnographic approach.

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