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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.

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Author:   Rebeccah Dawson ,  Bastian Heinsohn ,  Oliver Knabe ,  Alan McDougall
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
ISBN:  

9781800736818

ISBN 10:   1800736819
Pages:   326
Publication Date:   14 October 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Historical Perspectives on the German Football Nation Rebeccah Dawson, Bastian Heinsohn, Oliver Knabe, And Alan McDougall 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 Thomas Adam Chapter 2. Fußball Internationale: Toward a Global History of GDR Football Alan McDougall Chapter 3. Local Fans—Global Players: Contradictions in Post-Industrial Football Stephan Schindler 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 Kay Schiller Chapter 5. Commodified, Corrupted and Capitalist: Combatting the Modern Athletic Machine in Melchior Vischer’s Football Players and Indians Rebeccah Dawson Chapter 6. Controlling Definitions: Racism and German Identity after Mesut Özil’s National Team Resignation Kate Zambon 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 Friederike Emonds Chapter 8. A Gendered Network of Double Binds in Joachim Hasler’s Football Musical “Don’t Cheat, Darling!” Kaleigh Bangor 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 Oliver Knabe 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 Bastian Heinsohn Chapter 11. Antisemitic Metaphors in German Football Fan Culture Directed at RB Leipzig Pavel Brunssen 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 Fabian Fritz Chapter 13. Countering Contingency: Aesthetics and Fan Codetermination in German Football Alex Holznienkemper Conclusion: “Fußball ist alles!” Football’s Importance in German Society Timm Beichelt

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A fascinating and enjoyable read, Football Nation offers 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. * Rory Magrath, Solent University Football Nation is 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 * Darren O'Byrne, University of Cambridge

“A fascinating and enjoyable read, Football Nation offers 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.” • Rory Magrath, Solent University “Football Nation is 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” • Darren O’Byrne, University of Cambridge

Author Information

Rebeccah Dawson is Associate Professor of German Studies, University of Kentucky (USA). Currently, she serves as co-editor for a Colloquia Germanica special issue on football in German literature and film and the editor of H:Sport—German Journal Watch.

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