Football Nation : The Playing Fields of German Culture, History, and Society.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dawson, Rebeccah.

Contributor:

Heinsohn, Bastian.

Knabe, Oliver.

McDougall, Alan.

Series:

Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association

Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association ; v.25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural relations--Germany.

Cultural relations.

Discrimination in sports--Germany.

Discrimination in sports.

Nationalism and sports--Germany.

Nationalism and sports.

Racism in sports--Germany.

Racism in sports.

Soccer fans--Germany--Social life and customs.

Soccer fans.

Soccer in motion pictures.

Soccer in popular culture--Germany.

Soccer in popular culture.

Soccer--Social aspects--Germany.

Soccer.

Soccer--Germany--History.

Soccer--Germany--Social aspects.

Germany--Social life and customs.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2022.

Summary:

Over 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. Football Nation 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.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction - Historical Perspectives on the German Football Nation

Part I - A Border-Crossing Game: German Football and International Cultural Exchange

Chapter 1 - The Introduction and Integration of Football into a Divided Society: Conservative and Socialist Football in Germany from 1871 to 1933

Chapter 2 - Fußball Internationale: Toward a Global History of GDR Football

Chapter 3 - Local Fans, Global Players: Contradictions in Postindustrial Football

Part II - Race, Exclusion, and Otherness in German Football

Chapter 4 - Willy Meisl's German Football Nation: Internationalism, Austrian Patriotism, and Jewish Pride in Interwar Sports Writing

Chapter 5 - Commodified, Corrupted, and Capitalist: Combatting the Modern Athletic Machine in Melchior Vischer's Fußballspieler and Indianer

Chapter 6 - Controlling Definitions: Racism and German Identity after Mesut Özil's National Team Resignation

Part III - Forming Identities through Football: Class and Gender in German Culture

Chapter 7 - The Making of a Football Myth: Memory, Masculinity, and the Media

Chapter 8 - A Gendered Network of Double Binds in Joachim Hasler's Football Musical Don't Cheat, Darling!

Chapter 9 - From GDR-Emigrant to Third-Class Citizen: Football Stadiums, Social Divides, and East German Identities in Andreas Gläser's BFC is to Blame for the Wall

Part IV - The Politics Beyond the Pitch: German Fandom and Spectatorship

Chapter 10 - Educating the Spectator: Athlete-Fan Interplay in the Early German Football Film The Eleven Devils by Zoltan Korda

Chapter 11 - Antisemitic Metaphors in German Football Fan Culture Directed at RB Leipzig

Chapter 12 - 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.

Chapter 13 - Countering Contingency: Aesthetics and Fan Codetermination in German Football

Conclusion - "Fußball ist alles!" Football's Importance in German Society

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-80758-945-5

1-80073-682-7

OCLC:

1352055176