Sport, Politics and Society in the Middle East 1st Edition

Sport, Politics and Society in the Middle East 1st Edition – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780190065218,0190065214,9780197507155, 0197507158

Product details:

• ISBN-10: 0197507158
• ISBN-13: 9780197507155
• Author: Danyel Reiche, Tamir Sorek

Sport in the Middle East has become a major issue in global affairs. The contributors to this timely volume discuss the intersection of political and cultural processes related to sport in the region. Eleven chapters trace the historical institutionalization of sport and the role it has played in negotiating “Western” culture. Sport is found to be a contested terrain where struggles are being fought over the inclusion of women, over competing definitions of national identity, over preserving social memory, and over press freedom. Also discussed are the implications of mega-sporting events for host countries, and how both elite sport policies and sports industries in the region are being shaped. Sport, Politics and Society in the Middle East draws on academic disciplines from the humanities and social sciences to offer in-depth, theoretically grounded, and richly empirical case studies. It employs diverse research methodologies, from ethnography and in-depth interviews to archival research, to make a lasting contribution to this critical subject.

Table contents:

1. Mapping the ‘Sports Nahda’: Toward a History of Sports in the Modern Middle East
2. Football’s Role in How Societies Remember: The Symbolic Wars of Jordanian–Palestinian Football
3. Hapoel Tel Aviv and Israeli Liberal Secularism
4. Qatari Female Footballers: Negotiating Gendered Expectations
5. Sportswomen’s Use of Social Media in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
6. The World Cup and Freedom of Expression in Qatar
7. Turkish Sports: Lost in Politics?
8. Developing a National Elite Sport Policy in an Arab Country: The Case of Lebanon
9. Legacies of Mega-Sporting Events in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Lebanon
10. The Business of Sports in the Gulf Cooperation Council Member States

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