{"product_id":"football-nation-the-playing-fields-of-german-culture-history-and-society-9781800736818","title":"Football Nation: The Playing Fields of German","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tOver the past century, the impact of football on Germany has been manifold, influencing the arts, political debates, and even contributing to the construction of cultural memories and national narratives. \u003cem\u003eFootball Nation\u003c\/em\u003e analyses the game’s fluid role in shaping and reflecting German society, and spans its focus on modern German history, from the Wilhelmine era to the early 21st century. Expounding on topics of gender, class, fandom, spectatorship, antisemitism, nationalism, and internationalism, a diverse group of interdisciplinary scholars offer a novel approach to understanding the many influences of football throughout its extensive history which until recently has only been available to a German-speaking readership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“A fascinating and enjoyable read,\u003c\/em\u003e Football Nation \u003cem\u003eoffers a significant contribution to existing work which examines the place of football in German society using a series of case studies which expertly investigate sociocultural factors influencing German football.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Rory Magrath\u003c\/strong\u003e, Solent University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003eFootball Nation \u003cem\u003eis an interesting volume that examines football in Germany from numerous angles and through multiple disciplinary lenses. Many of the opinions expressed in it will elicit intense debate, but it is of a high scholarly standard and will undoubtedly prove a valuable addition to what is already a fairly dense canon”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Darren O’Byrne\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Cambridge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Historical Perspectives on the German Football Nation\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRebeccah Dawson, Bastian Heinsohn, Oliver Knabe, And Alan McDougall\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart I: A Border-Crossing Game: German Football and International Cultural Exchange\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Introduction and Integration of Football into a Divided Society: Conservative and Socialist Football in Germany from 1871 to 1933\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eThomas Adam\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/em\u003e Fußball Internationale: Toward a Global History of GDR Football\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAlan McDougall\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Local Fans—Global Players: Contradictions in Post-Industrial Football\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eStephan Schindler\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Race, Exclusion, and Otherness in German Football\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Willy Meisl’s “German Football Nation:” Internationalism, Austrian Patriotism, and Jewish Pride in Interwar Sports Writing\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKay Schiller\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e Commodified, Corrupted and Capitalist: Combatting the Modern Athletic Machine in Melchior Vischer’s \u003cem\u003eFootball Players and Indians\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRebeccah Dawson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Controlling Definitions: Racism and German Identity after Mesut Özil’s National Team Resignation\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKate Zambon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart III: Forming Identities through Football: Class and Gender in German Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Making of a Football Myth: Memory, Masculinity, and the Media\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eFriederike Emonds\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Gendered Network of Double Binds in Joachim Hasler’s Football Musical “Don’t Cheat, Darling!”\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKaleigh Bangor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e From GDR-Emigrant to Third-Class Citizen: Football Stadiums, Social Divides, and East German Identities in Andreas Gläser’s \u003cem\u003eBFC is to Blame for the Wall\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eOliver Knabe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart IV: The Politics Beyond the Pitch: German Fandom and Spectatorship\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Educating the Spectator: Athlete-Fan Interplay in the Early German Football Film \u003cem\u003eThe Eleven Devils\u003c\/em\u003e by Zoltan Korda\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBastian Heinsohn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Antisemitic Metaphors in German Football Fan Culture Directed at RB Leipzig\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePavel Brunssen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e One Foot on the Ball and the Other Nearly in Jail? Analyzing the Role of Social Work in the Interaction of Supporters, Police, and the Media in Hamburg Football\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eFabian Fritz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/strong\u003e Countering Contingency: Aesthetics and Fan Codetermination in German Football\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAlex Holznienkemper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion:\u003c\/strong\u003e “Fußball ist alles!” Football’s Importance in German Society\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eTimm Beichelt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042749743447,"sku":"9781800736818","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800736818.jpg?v=1750955461","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/football-nation-the-playing-fields-of-german-culture-history-and-society-9781800736818","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}