Sport and society in global France : nations, migrations, corporations / Cathal Kilcline
- Author
- Kilcline, Cathal
- Published
- Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2019.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white).
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- Series
- Contents
- Cover; Contents; List of images; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Monuments Men: Among the Afterlives of France '98; 2. Football's Françafrique; 3. Adventure Capitalists: Paris-Dakar Redux; 4. American Dreams: Be Like Mine; 5. Made in France: Nostalgia and (Re)cycling; 6. Plutocrats, Paranoia, Platoche: Qatar Sports Investment in Paris; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
- Summary
- This book provides new insights into the evolution of the global sporting spectacle over the last thirty years through an analysis of star athletes, emblematic organisations and key locations in French sport, highlighting how sport has influenced (and been implicated in) debates over nationhood, immigration, commemorative practice, and de-industrialisation.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781786949554 (electronic bk.)
1786949555 (electronic bk.)
1781382891
9781781382899 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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