ABSTRACT
This topical book provides unprecedented analysis of football's place in post-war and post-reunification Germany.
The expert team of German and British contributors offers wide-ranging perspectives on the significance of football in German sporting and cultural life, showing how it has emerged as a focus for an expression of German national identity and pride in the post-war era.
Some of the themes examined include:
- footballing expressions of local, regional and national identity
- ethnic dynamics, migrant populations and Europeanization
- German football’s commercial economy
- women’s football.
Key moments in the history of German football are also explored, such as the victories in 1954, 1972 and 1990, the founding of the Bundesliga, and the winning bid for the 2006 World Cup.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 3|16 pages
A tale of two Germanys
Football culture and national identity in the German Democratic Republic
chapter 6|34 pages
The future of football is female!?
On the past and present of women's football in Germany
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chapter 8|12 pages
German football — a media-economic survey
The impact of the KirchMedia Company on football and television in Germany
chapter 11|23 pages
Selling sex or dealing with history?
German football in literature and film and the quest to normalize the nation
