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Sport and Nationalism: Theoretical Perspectives<\/em> aims to advance the academic study of the interconnections between sport and nationalism by, firstly, reviewing the current \u2018state of play\u2019 in this field of study and, secondly, highlighting the potential for the development of future theoretically-informed analysis of the relationship between sport, nationalism and national identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This book offers a critical appraisal of the utility of various theoretical concepts used to explore the nature of contemporary nationalism when applied to the specific topic of sport. Bringing together a range of contemporary academics in this field of study, it offers an opportunity to showcase contrasting theoretical positions on this topic. Furthermore, the central focus of the book regarding extended application of theories of nationalism to the field of sport provides an opportunity for novel and critical contributions to this field of study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This book will be beneficial to students, researchers and professionals with an interest in sport and in the relationship between sport, politics and nationalism. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Sport in Society<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 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 Kong\u2019s naturalized footballers 4. Banal Europeanism? Europeanisation of football and the enhabitation of a Europeanised football fandom 5. Norbert Elias\u2019s concept of the \u2018drag-effect\u2019: implications for the study of the relationship between national identity and sport 6. \u2019I am German when we win, but I am an immigrant when we lose\u2019. Theorising on the deservedness of migrants in international football, using the case of Mesut \u00d6zil 7. Building American Supermen? Bernarr MacFadden, Benito Mussolini and American fascism in the 1930s 8. Sport and the \u2018national Thing\u2019: exploring sport\u2019s emotive significance 9. Everyday bordering. Theoretical perspectives on national \u2018others\u2019 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 \u2018Team New Zealand\u2019 or the \u2018New Zealand\u2019 Warriors! An exploration of pseudo-nationalism in New Zealand sporting franchises
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Alan Bairner and Anthony May<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alec S. Hurley<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Andy Chiu<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Regina Weber<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tom Gibbons<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gijs van Campenhout and Henk van Houtum<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ryan Murtha, Conor Heffernan and Thomas Hunt<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jack Black<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sine Agergaard and Verena Lenneis<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alison Forbes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jung Woo Lee<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Damion Sturm, Tom Kavanagh and Robert E. Rinehart<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n