Tag: Rahul Kumar
Rich empirical study with less football than could be expected
Rahul Kumar’s Football and Fascism: The Politics of Popular Culture in Portugal (De Gruyter) explores the political tensions between the nationalization of sports envisaged by the Portuguese “New State” and the integration of national football in a globalized urban popular culture. Torbjörn Andersson’s disappointment at the lack of a deeper analysis of fascism’s relationship to the triumphant Portuguese football of the 1960s does not prevent him from being impressed by Kumar’s study with its rich empirical details.
