Moments, Metaphors, Memories : Defining Events in the History of Soccer (Hardcover)

Introduction: Defining moments in the history of soccer Kausik Bandyopadhyay and Souvik Naha 1. Football events, memories and globalization Richard Giulianotti 2. Let the Aryanists know! Brazilian race and nation in the 1938 France World Cup Tiago J. Maranhao 3. ‘Filip’ or flop? Managing public relations and the Latin American reaction to the 1966 FIFA World Cup Alex G. Gillett and Kevin D. Tennent 4. Politics, resistance and patronage: the African boycott of the 1966 World Cup and its ramifications Paul Darby 5. 1982 FIFA World Cup: from Spain’s struggle for democratic legitimacy to Italy’s rediscovery of football nationalism Juan Antonio Simon and Carlos Garcia-Marti 6. El desmadre: counter-hegemonic fervour in Carlos Monsivais’s 1986 World Cup chronicles Patrick Thomas Ridge 7. Africa at the Football World Cup, 1934?2018: defining moments and memories on the field Wycliffe W. Njororai Simiyu 8. Lessons learned and tables turned: ‘(in)security’ and media representations in the 2018 World Cup Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen 9. National identity, social legacy and Qatar 2022: the cultural ramifications of FIFA’s first Arab World Cup Thomas Ross Griffin 10. The making of modern soccer: a product of multiple interdependencies Graham Curry 11. From Mitropa Cup to UEFA Cup: the role of UEFA in the establishment of a European scale in football, 1927?1972 Philippe Vonnard 12. Celtic FC’s 1967 Lisbon Lions: why the European Cup victory of the first club from Britain was a defining moment for the Irish diaspora in Scotland John Kelly and Joseph M Bradley 13. The ‘invention’ of FIFA history: Joao Havelange’s election to FIFA presidency as a historic event Luiz Guilherme Burlamaqui 14. Still as divided as ever? Northern Ireland, football and identity 20 years after the Good Friday Agreement David Hassan and Kyle Ferguson 15. Moments and memories: football and state narratives in Algeria Youcef Bouandel and Mahfoud Amara 16. WEURO 2017 as catalyst? The narratives of two female pioneers in the Dutch women’s football media complex Rens Peeters, Agnes Elling and Jacco Van Sterkenburg 17. The gendering of defining moments: heroic narratives and pivotal points in footballing memories Kath Woodward