Over the last two decades soccer has become a major institution within the popular culture of the Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel. They have attained disproportionate success in this field. Given their marginalisation from many areas of Israeli society as well as the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, such a prominent Arab presence highlights the tension between their Israeli citizenship and their belonging to the Palestinian people. Bringing together sociological, anthropological and historical approaches, Sorek examines how soccer can potentially be utilised by ethnic and national minorities as a field of social protest, a stage for demonstrating distinctive identity, or as a channel for social and political integration. Relying on a rich combination of quantitative and qualitative methods, he argues that equality in the soccer sphere legitimises contemporary inequality between Jews and Arabs in Israel and pursues wider arguments about the role of sport in ethno-national conflicts. Ideal for researchers and graduate students.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13
9780521131353
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94678546
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Sociology of Sport
Author
Tamir Sorek
Publication Name
Arab Soccer in a Jewish State: the Integrative Enclave
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Social Sciences
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
244 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
360g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Tamir Sorek
Series Title
Cambridge Cultural Social Studies
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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