The Global Game

Writers on Soccer
Herausgeber: Turnbull, John C; Satterlee, Thom; Raab, Alon

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Reflects the universal and infinitely varied ways in which soccer connects with human experience. This book shows readers soccer's stars and fans, politics and rituals, as well as the game's power to encourage resistance, inspire faith, and build community.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Nebraska Press
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 151mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 436g
• ISBN-13: 9780803210783
• ISBN-10: 0803210787
• Artikelnr.: 23595863

Autorenporträt

John Turnbull is a freelance writer on soccer and an editorial consultant. He maintains www.theglobalgame.com, a soccer Web site with an accent on women's soccer, media, and culture. Translator and author Thom Satterlee is associate professor of English at Taylor University. Alon Raab is a lecturer in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Davis, and the author of articles, reviews, and interviews.   Contributors: Rafael Alberti, Eduard Bass, Nalinaksha Bhattacharya, Hebe de Bonafini, Lawrence Cann, Bridget Carson, Hernán Casciari, Elvis Costello, Edilberto Coutinho, Erik Eggers, Friedrich Christian Delius, György Dragomán, Philippe Dubath, Álvaro Enrigue, Eduardo Galeano, Günter Grass, Einar Már Guðmundsson, William Heyen, Miroslav Holub, Ted Hughes, Ian Jack, Elísabet Jökulsdóttir, Ephraim Kishon, Simon Kuper, Anatoly Kuznetsov, Driton Latifi, Donna J. Gelagotis Lee, Mario Vargas Llosa, Subcomandante Marcos, Javier Marías, Andrew Marshall, Stanley Matthews, Christopher Merrill, Mássimo Moratti, Lady Murasaki, Mark Nuttall, Giovanna Pollarolo, Julio Ramón Ribeyro, Paul Richards, Klaus Rifbjerg, Nelson Rodrigues, María Graciela Rodríguez, Umberto Saba, Matilde Sánchez, Thom Satterlee, Rogelio Ramos Signes, Charles Simic, Antonio Skármeta, Osvaldo Soriano, David Starkey, Gay Talese, Crispin Thomas, Bea Vidacs, Luiz Vilela, Sarah Wardle, Ch'ao Yueh-chih, and Uro Zupan.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface    
Acknowledgments  
Note to Readers  
Part 1. Space
Introduction     
1. The Orb 
      Klaus Rifbjerg
2. The Origins   
      Eduardo Galeano
3. Hem and Football    
      Nalinaksha Bhattacharya
4. The Daily Life of Cameroonian Football
      Bea Vidacs
5. The Soccer Moms--1996     
      David Starkey
6. Atiguibas     
      Julio Ramón Ribeyro
7. Why Eleven of All Numbers? Football between Carnival and Freemasonry
      Erik Eggers
8. Klapzuba's Eleven   
      Eduard Bass
9. Holland, a Country of Clubs     
      Simon Kuper
10. Readymade
      Álvaro Enrigue
11. Soccer Fields, Fort Missoula   
      Bridget Carson
12. "Get Him a Body Bag!" (A Brief, Enthusiastic Account)  
      María Graciela Rodríguez
Part 2. Improvisation
Introduction     
13. Young Shoots
      Lady Murasaki
14. A Boy Juggling a Soccer Ball   
      Christopher Merrill
15. Fallen from the Sky
      Javier Marías
16. Combing Over History     
      Stanley Matthews
17. Encomiastic Arts of Our National Gamesmen  
      Antonio Skármeta
18. The Longest Penalty Ever 
      Osvaldo Soriano
19. Fretting While the Scarlet Tide Make History     
      Elvis Costello
20. Streaker Disrupts Iceland vs. Albania
      Einar Már Gumundsson
21. Football at Slack
      Ted Hughes
22. Dead Radio   
      Charles Simic
23. Fahrenheit 1976     
      Rogelio Ramos Signes
Part 3. Challenge
Introduction     
24. Dreaming of Sunday Afternoons  
      Giovanna Pollarolo
25. A Fine Fla-Flu     
      Nelson Rodrigues
26. Escaping with the Ball   
      Luiz Vilela
27. Generals and Fools 
      Andrew Marshall
28. 1974   
      Günter Grass
29. End of the World   
      György Dragomán
30. Not So Much a Religion, More a Way of Life 
      Ian Jack
31. Kimmel Springs vs. Metula
      Ephraim Kishon
32. For the Sake of My Right and Not Football  
      Anonymous
33. Let the Games Begin
      Subcomandante Marcos and Mássimo Moratti
Part 4. Loss
Introduction     
34. On a Painting of Playing Football    
      Ch'ao Yueh-chih
35. Beauty Is Nothing but the Beginning of a Terror We Can Hardly Bear  000
      Uro Zupan
36. Playing Football in Secret     
      Driton Latifi
37. Why Does My Wife Love Peter Crouch?  
      Thom Satterlee
38. The Dynamo Team: Legend and Fact     
      Anatoly Kuznetsov
39. Boycotting the World Cup 
      Hebe de Bonafini and Matilde Sánchez
40. Football in Athens, with Her   
      Donna J. Gelagotis Lee
41. Sierra Leone, Social Learning, and Soccer  
      Paul Richards
42. Parity 
      William Heyen
43. Penalty Phase
      Gay Talese
44. Platko (Santander, May 20, 1928)     
      Rafael Alberti
Part 5. Belief
Introduction     
45. The Lord's Prayer, Recast
      Edilberto Coutinho
46. Communicate, Lads  
      Elísabet Jökulsdóttir
47. Five Poems for the Game of Soccer    
      Umberto Saba
48. Living to Tell a Tale (Letter to Diego)    
      Hernán Casciari
49. The Empty Pleasure 
      Mario Vargas Llosa
50. Match  
      Sarah Wardle
51. Zidane and Me
      Philippe Dubath
52. The Sunday I Became World Champion   
      Friedrich Christian Delius
53. Art Works Football Club  
      Lawrence Cann
54. Football Is  
      Crispin Thomas
55. Arsarnerit: Inuit and the Heavenly Game of Football    
      Mark Nuttall
56. On the Origin of Football
      Miroslav Holub
Source Acknowledgments 
Further Reading