Football and National Identities in Spain
Title | Football and National Identities in Spain PDF eBook |
Author | A. Quiroga |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 359 |
Release | 2013-10-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1137315504 |
This book investigates the use of football to create, shape and promote Spanish, Catalan and Basque national identities and explores the utilization of soccer to foster patriotic feelings, exposing the often dark vested interests behind the propagation of national narratives through soccer.
Metaphors of Spain
Title | Metaphors of Spain PDF eBook |
Author | Javier Moreno-Luzón |
Publisher | Berghahn Books |
Pages | 295 |
Release | 2017-02-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1785334670 |
The history of twentieth-century Spanish nationalism is a complex one, placing a set of famously distinctive regional identities against a backdrop of religious conflict, separatist tensions, and the autocratic rule of Francisco Franco. And despite the undeniably political character of that story, cultural history can also provide essential insights into the subject. Metaphors of Spain brings together leading historians to examine Spanish nationalism through its diverse and complementary cultural artifacts, from “formal” representations such as the flag to music, bullfighting, and other more diffuse examples. Together they describe not a Spanish national “essence,” but a nationalism that is constantly evolving and accommodates multiple interpretations.
Sport and National Identities
Title | Sport and National Identities PDF eBook |
Author | Paddy Dolan |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 402 |
Release | 2017-09-13 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1315519119 |
While globalisation has undoubtedly occurred in many social fields, in sport the importance of ‘the nation’ has remained. This book examines the continuing but contested relevance of national identities in sport within the context of globalising forces. Including case studies from around the world, it considers the significance of sport in divided societies, former global empires and aspirational nations within federal states. Each chapter looks at sport not only as a reflection of national rivalries but also as a changing cultural tradition that facilitates the reimagining of borders, boundaries and identities. The book questions how these national, state and global identifications are invoked through sporting structures and practices, both in the past and the present. Truly international in perspective, it features case studies from across Europe, the UK, the USA and China and touches on the topics of race, religion, terrorism, separatism, nationalism and militarism. Sport and National Identities: Globalisation and Conflict is fascinating reading for anyone with an interest in the sociology of sport or the relationship between sport, politics, geography and history. Chapter 8 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Soccer in Spain
Title | Soccer in Spain PDF eBook |
Author | Timothy J. Ashton |
Publisher | Scarecrow Press |
Pages | 239 |
Release | 2013-09-12 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 0810891743 |
Soccer has the unique ability to represent and strengthen different cultural identities and ideologies throughout the world. Perhaps nowhere can this be seen more prominently than in Spain, which has surged to the forefront of the world’s most popular sport. The national team has won the last two European Championships and the 2010 World Cup, while the two preeminent club teams in Spain, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, have reached the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League in 2011, 2012, and 2013. Even before the sport became a global phenomenon, soccer had established a strong connection with Spanish identity and culture. In Soccer in Spain: Politics, Literature, and Film, Timothy J. Ashton examines the sport’s association with Spanish culture and society. In this volume, Ashton demonstrates how Spain’s soccer clubs reflected the politics of the region they represented and continue to reflect them today. The author also explores the often-tenuous relationship between the intellectual classes and the soccer community in Spain. Although some of the country’s most highly-praised literary figures had a passion for soccer—which was often reflected in their work—many intellectuals deemed the topic unsuitable for critical study. Ashton also discusses how soccer films faced a similar rebuff from Spanish intellectuals, though the popularity of these films has grown in recent years. As soccer continues to be one of the modern world’s most significant representations of globalization, its importance as a cultural touchpoint cannot be ignored. For anyone wanting to learn more about the relationship between soccer, politics, and popular culture, this volume offers critical insights. Soccer in Spain is a valuable read for students and scholars of Spanish political history, literature, film, and sport.
Morbo
Title | Morbo PDF eBook |
Author | Phil Ball |
Publisher | WSC Books Limited |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 9780954013462 |
Negotiating Spain and Catalonia
Title | Negotiating Spain and Catalonia PDF eBook |
Author | Fernando León Solís |
Publisher | Intellect Books |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | History |
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A narrative analysis of four main discourses of national identity in Spain, with a special focus on Catalonia, as disseminated in the Spanish press in the period between 1993 and 1996. The study includes assessments of the Spanish press coverage of the 1994 USA Football World Cup, and the process of negotiation towards a pact between Partido Popular and Convergencia I Unio in central government.
Football, Europe and the Press
Title | Football, Europe and the Press PDF eBook |
Author | Liz Crolley |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2013-10-18 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1135262225 |
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.