03485nam 22008535 450 991095577020332120240506123536.09781137535092113753509110.1057/9781137535092(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(Perlego)3501057(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.9781349553112 1349553115 9781137542076 1137542071 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.AfricaHistoryEmigration and immigrationEuropeHistorySocial historySociologyHistory, ModernAfrican HistoryHuman MigrationEuropean HistorySocial HistorySociologyModern HistoryAfricaHistory.Emigration and immigration.EuropeHistory.Social history.Sociology.History, Modern.African History.Human Migration.European History.Social History.Sociology.Modern History.305.896/0485Scott Carl-Gustafauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1792469BOOK9910955770203321African Footballers in Sweden4331119UNINA