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This book analyses the Tour de France over its long history both as
France's most prestigious and famous sporting event and as a
European and, increasingly, a world cycling competition. This study
provides interdisciplinary and varied perspectives on the sporting,
cultural, social, economic and political significance of the Tour
within and outside France, giving a comprehensive and authoritative
investigation of up-to-the minute thinking on what the Tour means,
now and in the past, to competitors, to France, to the French
public, to the cultural history of sport, and the sport of cycling
itself.
This book analyses the Tour de France over its long history both as
France's most prestigious and famous sporting event and as a
European and, increasingly, a world cycling competition. This study
provides interdisciplinary and varied perspectives on the sporting,
cultural, social, economic and political significance of the Tour
within and outside France, giving a comprehensive and authoritative
investigation of up-to-the minute thinking on what the Tour means,
now and in the past, to competitors, to France, to the French
public, to the cultural history of sport, and the sport of cycling
itself.
This book examines France's hosting of the soccer World Cup, held
in ten cities in summer 1998. It covers the major socio-economic,
political, cultural and sporting dimensions of this global sports
event, including bidding for and organizing the Finals, the
improvement of sporting and transport infrastructures, marketing,
merchandzing and media coverage, policing and security during the
month-long competition and building a national team. The analysis
of France 98 is set within the sporting context of the recent
history and organization of French football (the links between
football, money and politics; the sporting public) and more broadly
within the French tradition of using major cultural and sporting
events to focus world attention of France as a leader in the
international community. The book concludes with an evocation of
the day-to-day impact of four weeks of sporting festivities, and
the lessons to be drawn concerning sport and national identity in
an era of increasing economic, political, cultural and sporting
globalization.
The contributions here cover the major socio-economic, political,
cultural and sporting dimensions of the 1998 World Cup. It is set
within the sporting context of the history and organization of
French football and the French tradition of using major sporting
events to focus world attention.
Substantially revised and updated, this is the third edition of a
highly popular book which has been helping students for decades. It
provides a sound base of linguistic competence upon which students
can build with confidence. Comprises twelve thematic modules each
including a relevant and contemporary text based on an aspect of
French life and culture, associated exercises, and a section on
grammar.
Substantially revised and updated, this is the third edition of a
highly popular book which has been helping students for decades. It
provides a sound base of linguistic competence upon which students
can build with confidence. Comprises twelve thematic modules each
including a relevant and contemporary text based on an aspect of
French life and culture, associated exercises, and a section on
grammar.
France's performance in the 2002 World Cup brought back painful
memories of a time when France was a weak contender in world and
European football -- a time when national or club teams rarely won,
and the French were renowned for having little interest in the
game. Today, football plays a unique role in French society. French
players and coaches are highly sought after abroad and the national
team has chalked up significant recent victories, including a World
Cup and European Championship. This book is the first in English to
examine the extraordinary cultural, economic, and political history
behind French football's development throughout the twentieth
century and up to the present day. It focuses on the past twenty
years and concludes with a discussion of the fallout from the World
Cup 2002.Imported from Britain by the middle classes in the late
nineteenth century, football entered French national consciousness
between the wars. As with everywhere else in Europe, the game
helped to unite communities and forge new social identities.
Although the State has generously supported youth coaching, the
evolution of the professional sport has been slow due to tight
community control, high taxes and lack of income from paying
spectators. In a bid to compete successfully in Europe, the owners
of France's big city clubs are seeking to commercialize the game,
despite the resistance of central and local authorities.Hare traces
the gradual evolution of traditional French football values and
explores the impact of new and controversial business practices.
Have French football's influential club chairmen sold out to
business values and television? Why has the national team been so
successful when clubteams have not? How are top clubs being
re-branded to catch a national and international audience of
consumers? What role does the modern supporter play, and what are
the links between businessmen, politics and the commercialization
of the sport? What is peculiarly French about French football, and
what does football tell us about France? Hare also pays specific
attention to issues relating to race and racism. He looks at racist
attitudes among fans, and considers how the multi-cultural and
multi-racial population of France is reflected in the national
football team. This book not only provides a fascinating cultural
history of French football, but also an engrossing account of how
national identity and community values are being transformed and
reshaped in the global marketplace.
France's performance in the 2002 World Cup brought back painful
memories of a time when France was a weak contender in world and
European football -- a time when national or club teams rarely won,
and the French were renowned for having little interest in the
game. Today, football plays a unique role in French society. French
players and coaches are highly sought after abroad and the national
team has chalked up significant recent victories, including a World
Cup and European Championship. This book is the first in English to
examine the extraordinary cultural, economic, and political history
behind French football's development throughout the twentieth
century and up to the present day. It focuses on the past twenty
years and concludes with a discussion of the fallout from the World
Cup 2002.
Imported from Britain by the middle classes in the late nineteenth
century, football entered French national consciousness between the
wars. As with everywhere else in Europe, the game helped to unite
communities and forge new social identities. Although the State has
generously supported youth coaching, the evolution of the
professional sport has been slow due to tight community control,
high taxes and lack of income from paying spectators. In a bid to
compete successfully in Europe, the owners of France's big city
clubs are seeking to commercialize the game, despite the resistance
of central and local authorities.
Hare traces the gradual evolution of traditional French football
values and explores the impact of new and controversial business
practices. Have French football's influential club chairmen sold
out to business values and television? Why has the national team
been so successfulwhen club teams have not? How are top clubs being
re-branded to catch a national and international audience of
consumers? What role does the modern supporter play, and what are
the links between businessmen, politics and the commercialization
of the sport? What is peculiarly French about French football, and
what does football tell us about France? Hare also pays specific
attention to issues relating to race and racism. He looks at racist
attitudes among fans, and considers how the multi-cultural and
multi-racial population of France is reflected in the national
football team.
This book not only provides a fascinating cultural history of
French football, but also an engrossing account of how national
identity and community values are being transformed and reshaped in
the global marketplace.
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