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Arab Soccer in a Jewish State: The Integrative Enclave - Cambridge Cultural Social Studies
Sorek, Tamir (Assistant Professor, University of Florida)
Arab Soccer in a Jewish State: The Integrative Enclave - Cambridge Cultural Social Studies
Sorek, Tamir (Assistant Professor, University of Florida)
The growing success of Arab soccer teams and players in Israel highlights fundamental tensions and contradictions in Israeli collective identity and in Arab-Jewish relations. This book analyses the political significance of sport in ethno-national conflicts and argues that equality in the soccer sphere legitimises contemporary inequality between Jews and Arabs.
244 pages, 21 tables
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | February 11, 2010 |
ISBN13 | 9780521131353 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 244 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 14 mm · 360 g |