Football and Fascism: The Politics of Popular Culture in Portugal

by Rahul Kumar

Football and Fascism. The Politics of Popular Culture in Portugal tells the hidden history of football and discusses its political, social and cultural foundations, during the longest running authoritarian regime in Europe. Theoretically grounded on Bourdieu's field theory, and using a multi-scalar methodology, this award-winning research explores the political tensions between the nationalization of sports envisaged by the Portuguese "New State"...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110721228
• ISBN13: 9783110721225
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"