Sport and Nationalism: Theoretical Perspectives aims to advance the academic study of the interconnections between sport and nationalism by, firstly, reviewing the current state of play in this field of study and, secondly, highlighting the potential for the development of future theoretically-informed analysis of the relationship between sport, nationalism and national identity.
This book offers a critical appraisal of the utility of various theoretical concepts used to explore the nature of contemporary nationalism when applied to the specific topic of sport. Bringing together a range of contemporary academics in this field of study, it offers an opportunity to showcase contrasting theoretical positions on this topic. Furthermore, the central focus of the book regarding extended application of theories of nationalism to the field of sport provides an opportunity for novel and critical contributions to this field of study.
This book will be beneficial to students, researchers and professionals with an interest in sport and in the relationship between sport, politics and nationalism. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Sport in Society.
This book aims to advance academic study of the interconnection between sport and nationalism by reviewing the current state of play. It will be beneficial to students, researchers and professionals with an interest in sport. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Sport in Society.
Introduction: Sport, nationalism, and the importance of theory
1. Sport,
British national identities and the land: reflections on primordialism
2.
Soccer, the Saarland, and statehood: win, loss, and cultural reunification in
post-war Europe
3. Challenges and complexities of imagining nationhood: the
case of Hong Kongs naturalized footballers
4. Banal Europeanism?
Europeanisation of football and the enhabitation of a Europeanised football
fandom
5. Norbert Eliass concept of the drag-effect: implications for the
study of the relationship between national identity and sport
6. I am German
when we win, but I am an immigrant when we lose. Theorising on the
deservedness of migrants in international football, using the case of Mesut
Özil
7. Building American Supermen? Bernarr MacFadden, Benito Mussolini and
American fascism in the 1930s
8. Sport and the national Thing: exploring
sports emotive significance
9. Everyday bordering. Theoretical perspectives
on national others in sport and leisure time physical activity
10.
Analysing British Asian national sporting affiliations post-London 2012
11.
Hegemony, domination and opposition: Fluctuating Korean nationalist politics
at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang
12. They are not Team New
Zealand or the New Zealand Warriors! An exploration of pseudo-nationalism
in New Zealand sporting franchises
13. Nation as a product of resistance:
introducing post-foundational discourse analysis in research on ultras
nationalism
14. Guerrilla patriotism and mnemonic wars: cursed soldiers as
role models for football fans in Poland
Stuart Whigham is Senior Lecturer in Sport, Coaching and Physical Education at Oxford Brookes University, UK. His research interests revolve around the sociology and politics of sport, with a particular interest in the study of national identity, nationalism and sport; the politics of sport and sporting events; the politics of the Commonwealth Games; the sociology and politics of Scottish sport; and, sport and the Scottish diaspora.
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