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Football in France: A Cultural History (Global Sport Cultures)
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by Geoff Hare
Sales Rank: 2005432
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 256 pages
Published by: Berg Publishers April 1, 2003
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1859736629
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1859736623
Book Dimensions:
9.2 x 6.4 x 0.5 inches
Weighs: 13.4 ounces
Product Review
'What has been lacking is the understanding of the culture of the game in France Geoff Hare's well-informed study fills that knowledge gap to perfection.' Four Four Two 'The aim of Football in France is to show how what was for many years an essentially community and voluntary activity is now threatened by a tough looking combination of big business, satellite tv and the European Parliament the big issues are thought provokingly compared with the situation in Britain.' Soccer History 'Provides an account of how national identity and community values are being transformed and reshaped in the global marketplace, and there are undoubted lessons to be learned by other nations, and cultures, if France's on-field success is a genuine aspiration.' Programme Monthly & Football Collectable 'Hare's book has a leavening of humour, with some splendid vignettes of the great personalitiesThe great ideological conflicts that have marked French history are inscribed into the history of its football culture, as Hare's book shows so well.' Saturday's Guardian 'The aim of Football in France is to show how what was for many years an essentially community and voluntary activity is now threatened by a tough looking combination of big business, satellite tv and the European Parlimentthe big issues are thought provokingly compared with the situation in Britain.' Soccer History 'Not only does Hare's wide-ranging study cover considerable ground without ver losing sight of its main focus on values and identities, it also lays the foundations for, and points the way to, future scholarly study of the social and cultural impact of soccer in modern France.' H-France 'As convincing in its analysis of French football as a constantly evolving sporting practice as it is in its interrogation of the game as a periodically reconfigured metaphor for national self-belief, Hare's authoritative history deserves to be widely read.' Philip Dine, National University of Ireland in French Studies, LIX.1, 2005 'This is a work of impressive erudtion, informed by scholarly rigor, wide reading, an intimate understanding of 'the gorgeous game,' and an obvious love for it.' Rosalie A Vermette, The French Review (Vol 78) 'Geoff Hare's book is, to my knowledge, the first and only book in English on the subject. In over two hundred pages, the author gives Anglo-Saxon readers an great and concise introduction to the most popular spectator in France. Geoff Hare has had the good idea to compare football in France and in England, thus enabling his English readership (probably more familiar with football in their own country) to get a clearer picture of the major differences in attitude toward sport in general and football in particular in the two countries.' Jean-Marc Lecaude, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Journal of French Studies (Vol 26, No 2, 2005)
Product Review
"What has been lacking is the understanding of the culture of the game in France Geoff Hare's well-informed study fills that knowledge gap to perfection." --Four Four Two
"The aim of Football in France is to show how what was for many yea rs an essentially community and voluntary activity is now threatened by a tough looking combination of big business, satellite tv and the European Parliament the big issues are thought provokingly compared with the situation in Britain." --Soccer History
"Provides an account of how national identity and community values are being transformed and reshaped in the global marketplace, and there are undoubted lessons to be learned by other nations, and cultures, if France's on-field success is a genuine aspiration." --Programme Monthly & Football Collectable
"Hare's book has a leavening of humour, with some splendid vignettes of the great personalitiesThe great ideological conflicts that have marked French history are insc ribed into the history of its football culture, as Hare's book shows so well." --Saturday's Guardian
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