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Soccer Culture And Identity In Spain "A Ethnography Of Basque Fandom"

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Spanish soccer is on top of the world, at international and club level, with the best teams and a seemingly endless supply of exciting and stylish players. While the Spanish economy struggles, its soccer flourishes, deeply embedded throughout Spanish social and cultural life. But the relationship between soccer, culture and national identity in Spain is complex. This fascinating, in-depth study shines new light on Spanish soccer by examining the role this sport plays in Basque identity, consolidated in Athletic Club of Bilbao, the century-old soccer club located in the birthplace of Basque nationalism.

Athletic Bilbao has a unique player recruitment policy, allowing only Basque-born players or those developed at the youth academies of Basque clubs to play for the team, a policy that rejects the internationalism of contemporary globalised soccer. Despite this, the club has never been relegated from the top division of Spanish football. A particularly tight bond exists between fans, their club and the players, with Athletic representing a beacon of Basque national identity. This book is an ethnography of a soccer culture where origins, nationalism, gender relations, power and passion, lifecycle events and death rituals gain new meanings as they become, below and beyond the playing field, a matter of creative contention and communal affirmation.
Based on unique, in-depth ethnographic research, this book investigates how a soccer club and soccer fandom affect the life of a community, interweaving empirical research material with key contemporary themes in the social sciences, and placing the study in the wider context of Spanish political and sporting cultures. Filling a key gap in the literature on contemporary Spain, and on wider soccer cultures, this book is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in sport, anthropology, sociology, political science, or cultural and gender studies.

CONTENTS:
PART ONE: PASSION, COMMUNITY AND DOUBLE BINDS
Chapter One:"An Englishman Came to Bilbao:" A Social History of Athletic Club
Chapter Two: "A Unique Case in the World:" Basque Exceptionalism and Identity through Soccer
Chapter Three: Bilbao Catch-22: Passions and Double Binds in Soccer Madness
PART TWO: A MATTER OF BALLS
Chapter Four: Melodramas of Masculinity and Morality
Chapter Five: Fans, Writers, Leaders and Players: Women s Breakthroughs in Soccer s Gender Regime
Chapter Six: Dangerous Liaisons, Fatal Women: The Fear and Fantasy of Soccer Wives and Girlfriends in Spain
PART THREE: POLITICAL GEOGRAPHIES
Chapter Seven: Together and Apart at the Basque Derby: A Prisoner s Dilemma
Chapter Eight: "The Spanish Fury:" The Basques, the Catalans and the National Team
PART FOUR: LIFE, DEATH AND CONTINUITY
Chapter Nine: Death in the Cathedral: Life Cycle Rituals and Mortuary Practices in Sport Stadiums Epilogue: "Now is the Time to Rise!"
Autores
ISBN
978-1-138-77830-6
EAN
9781138778306
Editor
Routledge
Stock
NO
Idioma
Inglés
Nivel
Profesional
Formato
Encuadernado
Tapa Dura
Páginas
244
Largo
-
Ancho
-
Peso
-
Edición
Fecha de edición
23-02-2015
Año de edición
2015
Nº de ediciones
1
Colección
-
Nº de colección
-