Tag: Kate Zambon

In Interrogating Integration: Sport, Celebrity, and Scandal in the Making of New Germany (University of Michigan Press), Kate Zambon explores how international sporting spectacles, media campaigns, and public debates construct racialized national identity in an era of rising right-wing nationalism, while, across Europe, “integration” has emerged as a guiding concept to regulate cultural differences. Jens Ljunggren provides a comprehensive and critical evaluation of Zambon’s book and points to its many strengths and to some weaknesses, concluding that her critical review is a welcome contribution to the discourse on integration.

Over the past century, the impact of football on Germany has been manifold, influencing the arts, political debates, and even contributing to the construction of cultural memories and national narratives. This is the subject of the edited collection Football Nation: The Playing Fields of German Culture, History, and Society by Rebeccah Dawson, Bastian Heinsohn, Oliver Knabe, and Alan McDougall (Berghhahn Books). Mats Franzén provides us with an insightful review ending with a warm recommendation