160 Pages
by
Routledge
This is the first book to critically examine England football fans’ attitudes towards Muslims and Islam through the lens of a sports mega-event, drawing on fan experiences at the 2022 FIFA Men’s World Cup, the first staged in an Islamic society.
Drawing on pre-event interviews, audio-visual diaries, field observations, and post-event reflections with England fans, the book examines whether... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Contact, Otherness and Sporting Encounters 3. Staging Qatar: Fans, Islam and The Cultural Politics of 2022 World Cup 4. The World Cup ‘Bubble’: England fans and the Quest for Authenticity 5. The Politics of Encounter: Proxy Contact with Migrant Workers 6. Beyond the ‘Bubble’: Rethinking Contact
Biography
Thomas Taylor is a lecturer in Sports Management at University College Birmingham, UK. His research interests include the critical, social-scientific analysis of sport and sports mega-events, with a particular focus on racism and Islamophobia.
