{"id":41837,"date":"2024-08-02T08:30:25","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T08:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=41837"},"modified":"2024-08-02T08:30:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T08:30:25","slug":"sport-and-nationalism-theoretical-perspectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=41837","title":{"rendered":"Sport and Nationalism: Theoretical Perspectives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Edited by Stuart Whigham<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>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<p>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<p>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 <em>Sport in Society<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Introduction: Sport, nationalism, and the importance of theory<br><em>Stuart Whigham<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Sport, British national identities and the land: reflections on primordialism<br><em>Alan Bairner and Anthony May<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Soccer, the Saarland, and statehood: win, loss, and cultural reunification in post-war Europe<br><em>Alec S. Hurley<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Challenges and complexities of imagining nationhood: the case of Hong Kong\u2019s naturalized footballers<br><em>Andy Chiu<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;4.&nbsp; Banal Europeanism? Europeanisation of football and the enhabitation of a Europeanised football fandom<br><em>Regina Weber<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. Norbert Elias\u2019s concept of the \u2018drag-effect\u2019: implications for the study of the relationship between national identity and sport<br><em>Tom Gibbons<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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<br><em>Gijs van Campenhout and Henk van Houtum<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7.&nbsp; Building American Supermen? Bernarr MacFadden, Benito Mussolini and American fascism in the 1930s<br><em>Ryan Murtha, Conor Heffernan and Thomas Hunt<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8. Sport and the \u2018national Thing\u2019: exploring sport\u2019s emotive significance<br><em>Jack Black<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;9. Everyday bordering. Theoretical perspectives on national \u2018others\u2019 in sport and leisure time physical activity<br><em>Sine Agergaard and Verena Lenneis<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10. Analysing British Asian national sporting affiliations post-London 2012<br><em>Alison Forbes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;11 Hegemony, domination and opposition: Fluctuating Korean nationalist politics at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang<br><em>Jung Woo Lee<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;12. They are not \u2018Team New Zealand\u2019 or the \u2018New Zealand\u2019 Warriors! An exploration of pseudo-nationalism in New Zealand sporting franchises<br><em>Damion Sturm, Tom Kavanagh and Robert E. Rinehart<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;13. Nation as a product of resistance: introducing post-foundational discourse analysis in research on ultras\u2019 nationalism<br><em>Mateusz Grodecki<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14.\u00a0<em>Guerrilla patriotism<\/em> and mnemonic wars: cursed soldiers as role models for football fans in Poland<br><em>Przemys\u0142aw Nosal, Rados\u0142aw Kossakowski and Wojciech Wo\u017aniakc<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stuart Whigham <\/strong>is Senior Lecturer in Sport, Coaching and Physical Education at Oxford Brookes University, UK. 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