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The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer
James M. Dorsey
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Description for The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer
Paperback. A fascinating look at Middle Eastern and North African football, a key battleground for political control, social justice, identity and gender rights. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; HBJF1; HBTB; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 1000.
James M. Dorsey introduces the reader to the world of Middle Eastern and North African football - an arena where struggles for political control, protest and resistance, self-respect and gender rights are played out. Politics was the midwife of soccer in the region, with many clubs being formed as pro- or anti-colonial platforms and engines of national identity and social justice. This book uncovers the seldom-told story of a game that evokes deep-seated passions. Football fans are shown to be a major political force and one of the largest civic groups in Egypt after the Muslim Brotherhood: their demands for ... Read more
James M. Dorsey introduces the reader to the world of Middle Eastern and North African football - an arena where struggles for political control, protest and resistance, self-respect and gender rights are played out. Politics was the midwife of soccer in the region, with many clubs being formed as pro- or anti-colonial platforms and engines of national identity and social justice. This book uncovers the seldom-told story of a game that evokes deep-seated passions. Football fans are shown to be a major political force and one of the largest civic groups in Egypt after the Muslim Brotherhood: their demands for ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849043311
SKU
V9781849043311
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Ref
99-5
About James M. Dorsey
James M. Dorsey is an award-winning journalist and a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University. He is Co-Director of the University of Wurzburg's Institute of Fan Culture, a visiting scholar at its Institute of Sport Science, and author of the The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer blog.
Reviews for The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer
‘Blending journalistic reporting with in-depth political and historical analysis, Dorsey has published a book that will interest football fans while also adding to the political discourse surrounding the Middle East.’
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