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Sport and Secessionism (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society) - Softcover

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9780367566807: Sport and Secessionism (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society)
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ISBN 10: 036756680X ISBN 13: 9780367566807
Publisher: Routledge, 2022

Synopsis

Sport and Secessionism examines how sporting cultures reflect, inform and sometimes frustrate secessionist movements around the world. Investigating a wide range of cases, the book explores key themes including nationalism, nation building, state-region antagonisms, independence movements, identity and ethnic politics, sovereignty and autonomy processes, all through the lens of sport.

Sports are uniquely positioned to shed light on secessionist politics due to their pervasiveness in society, and their ability to absorb, reflect and produce political projections. The book presents analyses of a wide range of geographical, cultural and political contexts in which sports are deployed to pursue regional independence, or greater sovereignty and autonomy, and explores the dual processes of sub-national identity construction and state sovereignty deconstruction. The book includes fourteen cases from such diverse parts of the world as Ireland, Taiwan, Turkey, Catalonia, Biafra, Canada and the UK, among others.

Offering a unique perspective on an important geopolitical issue, this book is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in sport and politics, the sociology of sport, political science, political geography, nationalism studies or international history.

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About the Author

Mariann Vaczi is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Basque Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA and author of Soccer, Culture and Society in Spain: An Ethnography of Basque Fandom (Routledge, 2015).

Alan Bairner is Professor of Sport and Social Theory at Loughborough University, UK and co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of Sport and Politics (Routledge, 2016).

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2022
Language
English
ISBN 10 
036756680X
ISBN 13 
9780367566807
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
270
Editor
Vaczi Mariann, Bairner Alan