1st Edition
Legacies of Great Men in World Soccer Heroes, Icons, Legends
1. Prologue Kausik Bandyopadhyay
2. Playing for freedom: Sócrates, futebol-arte and democratic struggle in Brazil Jorge Knijnik
3. Pibes, Cracks and Caudillos: Argentina, the World Cup and identity politics Rwany Sibaja and Charles Parrish
4. The Hand of God, the Hand of the Devil: a sociological interpretation of Maradona’s hand goal Simone Magalhães Britto, Jorge Ventura de Morais and Túlio Velho Barreto
5. Zinedine Zidane’s return to the land of his ancestors: politics, diplomacy or something else? Yvan Gastaut and Steven Apostolov
6. A tale of two Kaisers: Ballack and Beckenbauer, and the battle for legacy Rebecca Chabot
7. Spanish football: from underachievers to world beaters Shakya Mitra
8. Looking at the extraordinary success of the ‘Clockwork Orange’: examining the brilliance of total football played by the Netherlands Ric Jensen
9. Hristo the ‘Terrible’, Stoitchkov the misunderstood: a biographical sketch of Bulgaria’s most famous athlete Steven Apostolov
10. David Beckham’s re-invention of the winger Søren Frank
11. From local heroism to global celebrity stardom: a critical reflection of the social, cultural and political changes in British football culture from the 1950s to the formation of the premier league Mark Turner
12. Iconic figures in African football: from Roger Milla to Didier Drogba Wycliffe W. Simiyu Njororai
13. Flawed heroes and great talents: the challenges associated with framing soccer legends in the NASL Fernando Delgado
14. Why Zico is called the ‘God of Soccer’ in Japan: the legacy of Zico to Japanese soccer Yoshio Takahashi
15. Of magic and mania: reflections on the fan following of Brazilian football and Pelé in Calcutta Souvik Naha
Biography
Kausik Bandyopadhyay, an Editor of Soccer & Society, teaches History at West Bengal State University, India. He was a Fellow of the International Olympic Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland. His recent works include Bangladesh Playing: Sport, Culture, Nation (2012) and Scoring Off the Field: Football Culture in Bengal, 1911-80 (2011).
