{"product_id":"world-cup-history-politics-and-art-of-the-beautiful-game-9798881902711","title":"World Cup! History, Politics, and Art of the Beautiful Game","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Daniel Noemi Voionmaa\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Vernon Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Vernon Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Soccer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of essays provides a multidimensional, interdisciplinary, creative, and colorful view on the meanings and possibilities of thinking football-'the beautiful game'-and its paramount event: the World Cup. It is intended to appeal to academics as well as to everyday experts, those for whom football is more than a sport. But it also wants to be a source that stirs the interest of those who see football just as a curious experience; those who may have heard, in passing, that a new World Cup will be played in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico in 2026. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book has, like a football team, eleven chapters. The approaches, styles, and perspectives differ considerably: From how football is a center piece in politics to its representations in poetry, from gender issues to nationalism, from fictitious wars to real ones provoked by a football match, and from exile to the neo-liberalization of the sport, the authors provide us a multicolor and global fresco of football and the World Cup. Likewise, the selection provides a global perspective on football and the World Cup: views from powerhouses such as England or Argentina, as well as from countries with a very incipient football tradition, such as India and Israel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'World Cup! History, Politics, and Art of the Beautiful Game' is an invitation to continue to understand and think about one of the most important cultural manifestations of our times; a book that, particularly in the context of the next World Cup in 2026, will appeal to a broad readership, all around the world. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46401269399703,"sku":"9798881902711","price":10250.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798881902711.webp?v=1769055949","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/world-cup-history-politics-and-art-of-the-beautiful-game-9798881902711","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}