1st Edition
Exploring the cultural, ideological and economic legacies of Euro 2012
1. Introduction 2. The semiotics of European football 3. Playing with tension: national charisma and disgrace at Euro 2012 4. ‘They think it’s all Dover!’ Popular newspaper narratives and images about the English football team and (re)presentations of national identity during Euro 2012 5. German football culture in the new millennium: ethnic diversity, flair and youth on and off the pitch 6. Poles apart: foreign players, Polish football and Euro 2012 7. ‘Sometimes you go into competitions with little or no expectations’: England, Euro 2012 in the context of austerity
Biography
Peter Kennedy lectures in the Sociology of sport at Glasgow Caledonian University. His most recent published work is in applying sociological perspectives to understand the complex relationship between football clubs and fan culture.
Christos Kassimeris is associate professor in political science and heads the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at European University Cyprus. He is the author of European Football in Black and White: Tackling Racism in Football, editor of Anti-Racism in European Football: Fair Play for All and has published in journals such as Soccer and Society and Sport in Society. He is also Visiting Research Fellow at the International Centre for Sports History and Culture at De Montfort University.
