Sport and Nationalism: Theoretical Perspectives [Hardcover]

This book aims to advance academic study of the interconnection between sport and nationalism by reviewing the current state of play.?It will be beneficial to students, researchers and professionals with an interest in sport. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of?Sport in Society.

Introduction: Sport, nationalism, and the importance of theory 1.?Sport, British national identities and the land: reflections on primordialism 2. Soccer, the Saarland, and statehood: win, loss, and cultural reunification in post-war Europe 3.?Challenges and complexities of imagining nationhood: the case of Hong Kongs naturalized footballers 4.?Banal Europeanism? Europeanisation of football and the enhabitation of a Europeanised football fandom 5. Norbert Eliass concept of the drag-effect: implications for the study of the relationship between national identity and sport 6. I am German when we win, but I am an immigrant when we lose. Theorising on the deservedness of migrants in international football, using the case of Mesut ?zil 7.?Building American Supermen? Bernarr MacFadden, Benito Mussolini and American fascism in the 1930s 8.?Sport and the national Thing: exploring sports emotive significance 9.?Everyday bordering. Theoretical perspectives on national others in sport and leisure time physical activity 10. Analysing British Asian national sporting affiliations post-London 2012 11. Hegemony, domination and opposition: Fluctuating Korean nationalist politics at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang 12.?They are not Team New Zealand or the New Zealand Warriors! An exploration of pseudo-nationalism in New Zealand sporting franchises 13.?Nation as a product of resistance: introducing post-foundational discourse analysis in research on ultras nationalism 14.?Guerrilla patriotism and mnemonic wars: cursed soldiers as role models for football fans in Poland