The Beautiful Game on a Muslim Pitch : How Football and Religion are Shaping Identity and Society
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Exploring Muslim Contexts
ISBN-10
139953842X
ISBN-13
9781399538428
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Imprint
Edinburgh University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 30th, 2026
Print length
208 Pages
Ksh 3,600.00
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Examines how football and religion act together to shape both identity and society in Muslim contexts
This book showcases how football and religion are increasingly coming together in Muslim contexts to interact with and influence both identity and society. The first part of the volume is devoted to issues of identity, showing how football aids in its construction, maintenance and subversion. The second part reveals the deep-rooted connections between football and political and religious establishments by demonstrating how these establishments frequently use the game to disseminate or propagate their larger messages. Taken together, the book reveals how football has increasingly become a site for confrontations and negotiations over different understandings of religion – as a racial category, as gendered power, and as it is invested in issues of state politics.
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