Soccer Empire: The World Cup and the Future of France
(Sprache: Englisch)
When France both hosted and won the World Cup in 1998, the face of its star player, Zinedine Zidane, the son of Algerian immigrants, was projected onto the Arc de Triomphe. During the 2006 World Cup finals, Zidane stunned the country by ending his...
Leider schon ausverkauft
versandkostenfrei
Buch
25.96 €
12 DeutschlandCard Punkte
sammeln
- Lastschrift, Kreditkarte, Paypal, Rechnung
- Kostenlose Rücksendung
Produktdetails
Produktinformationen zu „Soccer Empire: The World Cup and the Future of France “
When France both hosted and won the World Cup in 1998, the face of its star player, Zinedine Zidane, the son of Algerian immigrants, was projected onto the Arc de Triomphe. During the 2006 World Cup finals, Zidane stunned the country by ending his spectacular career with an assault on an Italian player. In Soccer Empire, Laurent Dubois illuminates the connections between empire and sport by tracing the story of World Cup soccer, from the Cup's French origins in the 1930s to Africa and the Caribbean and back again. As he vividly recounts the lives of two of soccer's most electrifying players, Zidane and his outspoken teammate, Lilian Thuram, Dubois deepens our understanding of the legacies of empire that persist in Europe and brilliantly captures the power of soccer to change the nation and the world.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Soccer Empire: The World Cup and the Future of France “
Contents List of Illustrations Preface: Scoring Spirits Introduction: The Language of Happiness 1. A Beautiful Harvest 2. Caribbean France 3. Crossings 4. Roots 5. Two Goals 6. Two Flags 7. La France Metissee 8. An Unfinished War 9. Reconciliation 10. Burn 11. Coup de Boule Epilogue: Returns Notes Acknowledgments Index
Autoren-Porträt von Laurent Dubois
Laurent Dubois is Professor of French and History at Duke University. He is the author of many award-winning books, including Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution, which was a Best Book of the Los Angeles Times and a Notable Book of the Christian Science Monitor.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Laurent Dubois
- 2010, 352 Seiten, Maße: 16 x 23,5 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PR
- ISBN-10: 0520259289
- ISBN-13: 9780520259287
Sprache:
Englisch
Rezension zu „Soccer Empire: The World Cup and the Future of France “
"Beautifully lyrical and authoritative. We meet a host of players, colonized and colonizer, following them from their original playing fields¿a vast lawn, a concrete lot¿to their triumphs in national and international play." ¿Alice Kaplan, author of The Interpreter
Kommentar zu "Soccer Empire: The World Cup and the Future of France"
0 Gebrauchte Artikel zu „Soccer Empire: The World Cup and the Future of France“
| Zustand | Preis | Porto | Zahlung | Verkäufer | Rating |
|---|
Schreiben Sie einen Kommentar zu "Soccer Empire: The World Cup and the Future of France".
Kommentar verfassen