Sport and society in the Soviet Union : the politics of football after Stalin / Manfred Zeller ; translation by Nicki Challinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zeller, Manfred, Dr., author.

Contributor:

Challinger, Nicki, translator.

Series:

Library of modern Russia

The library of modern Russia

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Soccer--Social aspects--Soviet Union.

Soccer.

Sports--Social aspects--Soviet Union.

Sports.

Sports--Social aspects.

Soccer--Social aspects.

Soviet Union--History.

Soviet Union.

History.

Physical Description:

xix, 300 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2018.

Language Note:

Translated from the German.

Contents:

1 Football Fever and Soviet History p. 1

Subject Matter and Question: Football Fever in the Soviet Union p. 4

Current Research: Football Fever in Light of Current Debates p. 11

Method: Football Fever in Source and Analysis p. 16

2 Cops and Robbers: The Origins of Spartak, Dinamo and TsDKA Fan Communities in Moscow, 1930s-1950s p. 26

Belonging: Spartak Euphoria During Stalinism p. 28

Victorious Dudes: Dinamo and TsDKA after the War p. 44

In the Courtyards: Opponents in Town p. 57

Cheering Together: The National Team as an Identification Object p. 64

3 Beat These Monsters: Stadium Violence, Official Strategies and Media, 1950s and 1960s p. 74

Legitimate Anger: Opponents in the Stadium p. 76

Securing, Educating, Propagating: Football Fans as a Problem in the Soviet Public Sphere p. 90

4 Soviet Couch Potatoes: Football Fans in Front of the Television, 1960s-1980s p. 110

Old TVs: Football on Television and the New Fan Culture p. 111

Father, Mother, Child: Gender Roles in Front of the Television at Home p. 116

Privileged Perspectives: Complaints in the Media Age p. 131

5 Our Own Internationale: Patriotism, Nationality and Transnational Fan Communities Surrounding Dinamo Kiev, 1960s-1970s p. 143

'Soviet Ukraimanhood': Dinamo Kiev Fans as a Republican Community p. 145

Team of the Peoples: Dinamo Kiev Fans as a Transnational Community p. 160

6 Travelling to Away Games by Dog Sleigh: Organised Fan Culture and Soviet Rule, 1970s- 1980s p. 173

Soviet, Male, Young: A Comparison of Stadium Culture in Moscow and Kiev p. 175

Groovy in Red And White: Spartak Scarves as a Sociocultural Marker p. 186

Trophies: Organised Fans Between Authority and Opposition p. 190

The Catastrophe: The Accident in the Lenin Stadium in Moscow in 1982 p. 200

Fan Violence and Hierarchies - Yesterday and Today p. 210.

Notes:

Original German version, ibidem-Verlag, Stuttgart 2015.

Original English translation, ibidem- Verlag, Stuttgart 2017.

ISBN:

9781788310154

1788310152

OCLC:

1077713825