03976nam 22008415 450 991082787810332120200919122603.01-137-53509-110.1057/9781137535092(CKB)3710000000500541(EBL)4082546(SSID)ssj0001568804(PQKBManifestationID)16216631(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001568804(PQKBWorkID)12236804(PQKB)11024182(SSID)ssj0001616952(PQKBManifestationID)16349123(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001616952(PQKBWorkID)14920802(PQKB)11203892(DE-He213)978-1-137-53509-2(MiAaPQ)EBC4082546(EXLCZ)99371000000050054120151231d2015 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAfrican Footballers in Sweden Race, Immigration, and Integration in the Age of Globalization /by Carl-Gustaf Scott1st ed. 2015.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2015.1 online resource (313 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-349-55311-5 1-137-54207-1 Includes bibliographical references.Introduction: racism and integration in contemporary Swedish football and society --The African diaspora in the global football market: the arrival of African footballers in Sweden --Racism in Swedish football and society --Anti-racism and its limitations in Swedish football --African footballers in Sweden: identity, background and performance --African football imports in the eyes of Swedish clubs --The African football experience in Sweden --Racism, racialization and xenophobia: African footballers in the eyes of fans and media --Conclusion: football, integration, and national identity.This book employs men's football as a lens through which to investigate questions relating to immigration, racism, integration and national identity in present-day Sweden. Specifically, this study explores if professional football serves as a successful model of multiracialism/multiculturalism for the rest of Swedish society to emulate.Africa—HistoryEmigration and immigrationEurope—HistorySocial historySociologyHistory, ModernAfrican Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/714000Migrationhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X24000European Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/717000Social Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/724000Sociology, generalhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22000Modern Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/713000SwedenRace relationsSwedenEmigration and immigrationAfricaEmigration and immigrationAfrica—History.Emigration and immigration.Europe—History.Social history.Sociology.History, Modern.African History.Migration.European History.Social History.Sociology, general.Modern History.305.896/0485Scott Carl-Gustafauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1606342BOOK9910827878103321African Footballers in Sweden3932105UNINA