商品簡介
"It is rare that a book combines intellectual rigor with popular cultural study to such a degree. There have been lots of good academic books on European football as popular culture over the years---many of which appear in the bibliography to this book. There have also been plenty of publications which explore the vagaries of semiotics and sport and media cultures. To marry the two, as Christos Kassimeris does in this excellent book, is a real achievement. Highly recommended."---Steve Redhead, Chelsea School at the University of Brighton
"Cultural studies has long been criticized for neglecting sport. Football Comes Home distinctly addresses this oversight. Based in semiotic analysis, it provides an original survey of European football insignia and offers an insightful symbolic history, giving view to the deep structures of identity that are not revealed by more standard forms of social research. For academics, students, and even the general reader interested in the cultural significance of football, this is an essential book."---John Hughson, International Football Institute, University of Central Lancashire
"Football Comes Home is an interesting and original attempt to examine the symbolism of football clubs, focusing specifically on the origins and, to a lesser degree, the evolution of club badges. This book uses the club badge or emblem as a way into a much broader analysis of the changing historical and cultural identities of European football. All this adds up to what is, to my knowledge, the most detailed and thorough examination of the symbols associated with football clubs ever conducted."---Matthew Taylor, De Montfort University
Football Comes Home unearths the cultural, political, and social properties of European football clubs and associations. Christos Kassimeris examines the background of five hundred football clubs and associations from around Europe, providing all the relevant historical information that concerns their origins and standing in society. This book also analyzes the clubs' and associations' emblems, revealing their symbolic significance and a wealth of historical and cultural information. By examining football in a social science context, rather than just a geographic context, this book reveals the ways in which football transcends national boundaries and stereotypes.
作者簡介
Christos Kassimeris is chariman of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences and European studies coordinator at European University Cyprus. He is author of European Football in Black and White: Tackling Racism in Football and Anti-Racism in European Football: Fair Play for All.
