James Dorsey

The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Football evokes deep-seated passions and offers unique insight into the region. Examples include clandestine Saudi women football clubs, political demonstrations at Algerian matches, Somali child solders turned soccer stars and Iranian women who disguise themselves as men to watch matches.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 151mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 587g
• ISBN-13: 9780199394975
• ISBN-10: 0199394970
• Artikelnr.: 47867501

Autorenporträt

James M. Dorsey is an award-winning journalist and a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University. He is Co-Director of the University of Würzburg's Institute of Fan Culture, a visiting scholar at its Institute of Sport Science, and author of the 'The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer' blog.