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Book SynopsisMigrationsbewegungen sind fester Bestandteil der deutschen Gesellschaft. Speziell an zivilgesellschaftliche Akteure, wie zum Beispiel Vereine, Projekte oder Initiativen, die konkret vor Ort im lokalräumlichen Kontext agieren, werden zunehmend gesellschaftspolitische Erwartungen für gelingende Integrationsprozesse von Personen mit Migrationshintergrund gestellt. Dabei gerät auch der Sport und speziell der vereins- und verbandsorganisierte Sport in den Blickpunkt des fachpolitischen und -wissenschaftlichen Interesses. In diesem Kontext sind zuletzt zahlreiche Forschungsarbeiten zum Thema „Migration, Integration und Sport“ erschienen, die vor allem die „Zivilgesellschaft vor Ort“ in den Blick nehmen. Mit dem Sammelband sollen ausgewählte Arbeiten zusammengeführt und einem breiteren Publikum als Zwischenbilanz der dynamischen Fachdebatte zur Verfügung gestellt werden.Trade Review“… zahlreiche Impulse für eine stärkere Verzahnung einzelner Projekte. Mit diesen Dimensionen werden auch die zentralen Aufgaben sowohl sportwissenschaftlicher als auch sozialwissenschaftlicher und ökonomischer Forschung berührt … Für diese Zielsetzung bietet der Sammelband eine ebenso gehaltvolle wie weiterführende Grundlage.” (Jürgen Mittag, in: Das Historisch-Politische Buch, Jg. 65, Heft 1, 2017)Table of ContentsVorwort - Migration, Integration und Sport - Zivilgesellschaft vor Ort. Zur Einführung - Assoziative Lebenswelt, bindendes Sozialkapital und Migrantenvereine in Sport und Gesellschaft - Integrationsspezifische Organisationsleistungen und -herausforderungen der deutschen Sportvereine - Identität, Kohäsion, Kultur - eine mehrdimensionale Perspektive auf ethnische Sportvereine - Diversity Management - Perspektiven und konzeptionelle Ansätze für den Umgang mit Vielfalt im organisierten Sport - Sportliches Engagement jugendlicher Migranten in Schule und Verein - Migrantinnen im Sport - Das Modellprojekt „spin – sport interkulturell“: Zugangswege für Mädchen und junge Frauen mit Zuwanderungsgeschichte in Sportvereine - Die Sportvereine des DOSB-Programms „Integration durch Sport“ - Und sie wollen kicken! Soziale Integration durch Mädchenfußball

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Book SynopsisSomaesthetics and Sport brings together a diverse set of explorations into the embodied experience of watching and playing sport. Sport can at once be a source of sensual beauty and pleasure, and also of pain and anguish; spectators can both celebrate and glorify athletes, but also expect certain forms of behaviour, and intentionally or otherwise police the movements of their bodies; sport and physical exercise can improve our health and increase the self-awareness of our abilities and limitations, but they also help us to shape our sense of what it means to live a good life. Trade Review“The ten essays collected in Somaesthetics and Sport, edited by Andrew Edgar and published as part of Brill’s book series Studies in Somaesthetics, show us the many ways the interdisciplinary project of somaesthetics can inspire and reinvigorate the aesthetics of sport... Somaesthetics and Sport is a multifaceted collection of essays: Shusterman’s theoretical framework is robust enough to lend unity to the volume, but it mostly functions as a springboard for the individual papers, never suffocating their theoretical explorations or making the book repetitive or a boring read. The ten essays also communicate with one another through certain recurring notions” - Botond Csuka, in: Journal of the Philosophy of Sport (29 January 2023)Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors Introduction   Andrew Edgar 1 A Dove in Flight Metaphysical Shackles, Transformative Soaring, and Sportive Somaesthetics   Jesús Ilundáin-Agurruza 2 Somaesthetics and Sport?   Graham McFee 3 Sport and the Body An Aesthetic Inquiry   William J. Morgan 4 Changing Perceptions of Beautiful Bodies The Athletic Agency Model   Peg Brand Weiser 5 The Sachin Mandala Somaesthetic Construction of a Cricket Legend   Vinod Balakrishnan 6 Somaesthetics of the Grunt Policing Femininity in the Soundscapes of Women’s Professional Tennis   Anita Stahl 7 Somatic Reflection during Skilled Action   John Toner and Barbara Gail Montero 8 Yoga as World Literature Somaesthetic Ekphrasis and (Mis)Translation   Claire Solomon 9 Difficult Activities – Difficult Experiences   Matti Tainio 10 Sport and Pain   Andrew Edgar Index

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Book SynopsisThe history of Cairo’s football fans is one of the most poignant narratives of the 25 January 2011 Egyptian uprising. The Ultras Al-Ahly and the Ultras White Knights fans, belonging to the two main teams, Al-Ahly F.C. and Zamalek F.C respectively, became embroiled in the street protests that brought down the Mubarak regime. In the violent turmoil since, the Ultras have been locked in a bitter conflict with the Egyptian security state. Tracing these social movements to explore their role in the uprising and the political dimension of soccer in Egypt, Ronnie Close provides a vivid, intimate sense of the Ultras’ unique subculture. Cairo’s Ultras: Resistance and Revolution in Egypt’s Football Culture explores how football communities offer ways of belonging and instill meaning in everyday life. Close asks us to rethink the labels ‘fans’ or ‘hooligans’ and what such terms might really mean. He argues that the role of the body is essential to understanding the cultural practices of the Cairo Ultras, and that the physicality of the stadium rituals and acerbic chants were key expressions that resonated with many Egyptians. Along the way, the book skewers media clichés and retraces revolutionary politics and social networks to consider the capacity of sport to emancipate through performances on the football terraces.Trade Review"Recommended"—CHOICE"Close paints an evocative portrait of the varied and ambiguous roles sports can play in an autocracy, where a regime’s reliance on bread and circuses may eventually wear thin in the absence of genuine progress."—Lisa Anderson, Foreign Affairs“The issues in this book are at the core of sport sociology, cultural studies and sports media communication. I salute the author for bringing into the analysis both the traditional mainstream and digital social media. . . . The book is critical as it revisits debates on gender, masculinity and political discourse in African football fandom and protest cultures, illuminating how gender equality remains an unsolved question in Egypt.” —Lyton Ncube, Critical Arts"[Ronnie Close] offers a rich and often fascinating account of how the two main Cairene ultra groups (Ultras Ahlawy and Ultras White Knights) have fared from the revolution until their ‘official disbandment’ in 2018. . . .not to be missed for anyone working on the Ultras in Egypt for some time to come."—Asian Journal of Sport History & Culture“This is a lively and authoritative account of the counter-culture of the Egyptian Ultras, full of richly detailed observations of their collective behavior, their aesthetic, and their performances. It is also much more than this. It is a study of resistance to the forms of power of late capitalism. Ronnie Close succeeds in using this material to develop a convincing and original argument about the force of the aesthetic moment and of collective action to challenge and to disrupt hegemonic power.” —Charles Tripp, Professor Emeritus of Politics, SOAS, University of London“A timely and detailed account of the birth, life and afterlife of one of Egypt’s most important youth movements. Cairo’s Ultras tells a tale of triumph and turmoil revealing how the Ultras bridged leisure and politics to pose as much of a threat to Egypt’s militarised police-state as it did to its sports establishment and football big-business. Historically rich and theoretically compelling, this is a must read for anyone interested in Egyptian youth cultures.”—Ramy Aly, The American University in Cairo“Of all the events that occurred during the recent Egyptian Revolution and its aftermath, few were more horrifying than the February 2012 massacre of more than seventy Ultras Ahlawy football fans following a match in Port Said. Ronnie Close knows many of the club members personally, and with the help of these connections he records an important story for posterity. He also offers a daring assessment of Egypt’s present-day political landscape.”—Graham Harman, SCI-Arc, Los AngelesTable of ContentsCONTENTSAcknowledgments viiIntroduction 11. Football, Nationalism, and Spectacle 72. The Catastrophe Apparatus 353. Hooligan Days of Sporting Dissensus 714. The Aesthetic Economy of Revolution 1055. Ultras Utopia, Bodies of Possibility 1356. Errant Futures (#trash_ahlawy) 165Notes 191Glossary 207Bibliography 209Index 219

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Book SynopsisDuncan Park: Stories of a Classic American Ballpark recounts the history of Spartanburg's oldest wooden grandstand stadium. Built in 1926, Duncan Park stadium has been home to a semipro Negro Leagues team that had a star left-handed pitcher known throughout the South; a 1966 Spartanburg Phillies team named one of the 100 Best Minor League Baseball Teams; an American Legion Little World Series Champion; high school, college, and wooden bat-league summer teams; and legendary promotions and special events. Players and their families, coaches, sabermetricians, and all fans of America’s pastime will find in these pages a rich storehouse of our cultural heritage.Trade Review“When the night’s game is over, stadium lights still on, I sit in an old seat, everything played out and left to the field, the wonder brought to calm. Turning off the lights archives another day in the life of a great ballpark. There’s more to the game of baseball than just the game, it is the many stories told. Duncan Park Stadium spoke to Ed Epps, and we all thank him for recording the story.” —John J. Barron, Post 28 Athletic Director"Baseball is designed, as Bart Giamatti said, to break your heart, but Duncan Park Stadium shows you how to put it back together again. Ed Epps has reminded us that all baseball, like all politics, is local and that the sunshine and high skies of summer's great game endure so long as we have heart to bear its memory.” —Tom McConnell"Ed Epps has delivered an exhaustive historical study of Duncan Park, a classic hundred-year-old wood structure stadium in Spartanburg, South Carolina. This volume sweeps the reader along on a journey of discovery that includes play at nearly every minor league level as well as Negro League, high school, college wood bat, and championship level American Legion baseball. Numerous photos and a monumental appendices of Duncan Park-related team stats complete the book. For the hardcore baseball fan to the fan of local history: there is something for everybody in these pages." —Tim Peeler"The Spartanburg Phillies were one of the most successful Minor League Baseball teams in America from 1965 through 1968. They were champions of the Western Carolinas League in 1966 and 1967, and in 1966 the team established an attendance record for all of Class A Minor League Baseball. I was proud to be the General Manager of these teams and to be named The Outstanding Class A Minor League Executive for 1967 by The Sporting News. My years in Spartanburg helped launch my career as an NBA executive, and I count many former players, managers and coaches, and citizens of the city among my friends to this day. Duncan Park: Stories of a Classic American Ballpark brings the history of the Phillies to life for contemporary readers." —Pat Williams"Duncan Park stadium was home to the semipro African American Spartanburg Sluggers in the first half of the twentieth century. The Sluggers played an important part in the history of the Black community of the City of Spartanburg, and Newt Whitmire, the team’s owner, was an important entrepreneur in the City’s old Black business district on Short Wofford Street. The forgotten history of the Sluggers and the Whitmire family is told in detail in Duncan Park: Stories of a Classic American Ballpark and can be found nowhere else." —Luther Norman“My fondest memory playing in the minor leagues was definitely Duncan Park and playing for the Spartanburg Phillies. Duncan Park just had a great baseball atmosphere. It was my first full season and turned out to be my best season, not only for me personally but for all of our players as a team...We had a group of good guys who were talented and it showed by us winning the League Championship...And on top of that we had my all-time favorite manager, Mr. Bob Wellman. Skipper Wellman was a big man, which earned him the nickname ‘The Whale.’ He knew the game of baseball and taught all of us how it should be played the right way. He could get his best out of his players because he was the type of guy that all of us wanted to do our best for...Yes, every time I think of Duncan Park and the Spartanburg Phillies, a big smile comes across my face—and it always will!” —Jerry Martin

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