Soccer empire : the World Cup and the future of France / Laurent Dubois.
2010
GV944.F8 D85 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
Soccer empire : the World Cup and the future of France / Laurent Dubois.
Author
Dubois, Laurent, 1971-
ISBN
9780520259287 (alk. paper)
0520259289 (alk. paper)
0520259289 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.
Language
English
Description
xx, 329 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
GV944.F8 D85 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
796.334/6680944
Summary
"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." -- from publisher description
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
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 Métissée
8. An Unfinished War
9. Reconciliation
10. Burn
11. Coup de Boule
- Epilogue: Returns.
- 1. A Beautiful Harvest
2. Caribbean France
3. Crossings
4. Roots
5. Two Goals
6. Two Flags
7. La France Métissée
8. An Unfinished War
9. Reconciliation
10. Burn
11. Coup de Boule
- Epilogue: Returns.