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Football, Place and National Identity - Transferring Allegiance (Hardcover)
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Football, Place and National Identity - Transferring Allegiance (Hardcover)
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Given its popularity, international football might be viewed as a
prism through which the imagined community of the nation becomes
closer to a manifest reality with matches providing examples of
that community collectively rejoicing or crying. The sport
potentially sheds insights on the complexities of ethnic and
national identity, as it is a medium through which allegiances are
(re)produced and expressed. Alongside the internationalisation of
club teams, international representative teams also appear to be
becoming more trans-national with players born outside that
country, but with family connections to it, playing in the national
colours. Increasing flexibility of regulations governing
international representation means that countries can potentially
select from a considerably broader pool of talent, drawing on
players with ethnic or cultural connections to the country. For
example, for a number of decades now, the Republic of Ireland team
has included sizeable numbers of non-Irish born players, sons and
grandsons of Irish emigrants. Similar tendencies are clear in the
selection of English-born players of West Indian origin for
football teams representing Caribbean countries. Colonial
connections and related migration flows explain France's selection
of players born in places such as Algeria or Morocco but brought up
in France. The successful French teams of the late 1990s and early
2000s drew heavily on players from a multiplicity of ethnic and
geographic origins. Conversely, many African countries select
French-born players of African origin thereby reclaiming some of
the sons of their extensive diasporas and a sizeable number of
players born in Europe have competed in the Africa Cup of Nations
in recent years. In this way, historical colonial relationships and
associated migration flows provide the backdrop to the more
eclectic nature of national representative teams. Elsewhere this
amalgamation of both civic and ethnic senses of national identity,
has allowed teams like Turkey and Croatia to tap into their
extensive emigrant pool. This book focuses on one dimension of the
intricate connections between football, place and politics. It
investigates the switching of national sporting allegiance by some
footballers from their country of birth to country of residency or
family origins, examines the reasons behind the recent growth of
the phenomenon, and explores reactions to this.
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