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Author:   Aaron W. Hughes (Dean’s Professor of the Humanities and the Philip S. Bernstein Professor of Religious Studies, University of Rochester, USA) ,  Leif Stenberg (Professor of Islamic Studies and Dean, Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations)
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
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9781399538411

ISBN 10:   1399538411
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   31 May 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction: The Beautiful Game on a Muslim Pitch: How Football and Religion Are Shaping Identity and Society Aaron W. Hughes and Leif Stenberg Part I. Football and the Maintenance of Identities 1. Benzema, Les Bleus and the Culture des Quartiers Samuel Sami Everett 2. Football Nation, Muslim by Default Carl Rommel 3. Jewish Israeli Football Fans and 'Traditionism' Tamir Sorek 4. The Touchline of Fair Play: Football, Head Coverings and the Constantly Shifting Secular Aaron W. Hughes 5. Pakistan’s Hidden Football History: Capital, Women and Challenging Social Norms Leif Stenberg Part II. Football and Social Maintenance 6. Fashioning Football Conservatism: Ruling Networks, Culture and the Creation of Turkey’s Istanbul Başakşehir Football Club John McManus 7. Football Comes to the Silver Screen: The Contentious Politics of Football Spectatorship in Iran Nazanin Shahrokni 8. Egyptian Islamism and the Noble Game of Football Bjørn Olav Utvik 9. Why Hizbollah Loves Football Dag Tuastad About the Contributors Index

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The book is very well placed in recent anthropological and social studies of football. The writing is compelling and attuned to the fact that the topic is huge in global popular culture. -- Sune Haugbølle, Roskilde University

The book is very well placed in recent anthropological and social studies of football. The writing is compelling and attuned to the fact that the topic is huge in global popular culture.--Sune Haugbølle, Roskilde University

Author Information

Aaron W. Hughes is Dean's Professor of the Humanities and the Philip S. Bernstein Professor of Religion at the University of Rochester. Hughes specialises in three fields: Islamic Studies, Jewish Studies and Theory and Method in the Study of Religion, and has written numerous books in all three. He is co-editor of the book series Advances in the Study of Islam at Edinburgh University Press and of the Journal of Religious Minorities Under Muslim Rule. Leif Stenberg is Professor in Islamic Studies at the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC) and a visiting professor at Karlstad University. He is the co-editor of What is Islamic Studies? European and North American Approaches to a Contested Field, also in the Exploring Muslim Contexts series at Edinburgh University Press.

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