Place, identity and football

Catalonia, Catalanisme and Football Club Barcelona, 1899–1975

Bibliographic Data

ID12653232
AuthorsHunter Shobe (Portland State University, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume10
Issue3
Pages329-343
Publication date2008-08-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueNational Identities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1460-8944 • E-ISSN: 1469-9907
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14608940802249965
OpenAlexW2071648704
LanguageEN
Citations received37
References cited18

A growing body of work considers sport and the social construction of identities. Drawing from that research, this article considers how football clubs are involved in the construction of national identities by making explicit the connections between sport, identity and place. The first part of the article examines the literature addressing sport and collective identification/representation and considers critical approaches that uncover the power relations that frame the sport/identity nexus. The second part of the article applies these ideas to a discussion of Football Club Barcelona's role in the social construction of Catalan nationalism and national identity from 1899 to 1975

Catalan · Football · Humanities · Identity (music · Media studies · National identity · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports and Physical Education Studies · Sports, Gender, and Society

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