National Buildings for Nation-Building: The Case of England's and France's National Football Stadiums

IF 0.7 Q3 ETHNIC STUDIES Nationalism and Ethnic Politics Pub Date : 2022-01-12 DOI:10.1080/13537113.2021.2022665
Kidron Anat, Orr Levental
{"title":"National Buildings for Nation-Building: The Case of England's and France's National Football Stadiums","authors":"Kidron Anat, Orr Levental","doi":"10.1080/13537113.2021.2022665","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Buildings that contribute either directly or indirectly to the formation of a national identity are typically associated with historical monuments. Mega-structures such as national football stadiums, which were built as national monuments but were designed to meet functional needs as well, play a similar role. This paper examines these mega-structures, and specifically national football stadiums, through a critical review of two such stadiums, one in England and one in France, that represent an anomaly in the European context. The paper offers a local and global perspective based on nationality, geography, and sports theories. Our findings suggest that despite the differences between the two countries, they demonstrate a consensus regarding the need to build a national stadium. While this consensus is embedded in each country's colonial past, in both cases it reflects an inner need to cope with the decline of the imperial power and with the undermining of the homogenous social structure as a result of immigration.","PeriodicalId":45342,"journal":{"name":"Nationalism and Ethnic Politics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2022-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nationalism and Ethnic Politics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13537113.2021.2022665","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ETHNIC STUDIES","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0

Abstract

Abstract Buildings that contribute either directly or indirectly to the formation of a national identity are typically associated with historical monuments. Mega-structures such as national football stadiums, which were built as national monuments but were designed to meet functional needs as well, play a similar role. This paper examines these mega-structures, and specifically national football stadiums, through a critical review of two such stadiums, one in England and one in France, that represent an anomaly in the European context. The paper offers a local and global perspective based on nationality, geography, and sports theories. Our findings suggest that despite the differences between the two countries, they demonstrate a consensus regarding the need to build a national stadium. While this consensus is embedded in each country's colonial past, in both cases it reflects an inner need to cope with the decline of the imperial power and with the undermining of the homogenous social structure as a result of immigration.
查看原文
分享 分享
微信好友 朋友圈 QQ好友 复制链接
本刊更多论文
国家建设中的国家建筑:以英法两国国家足球场为例
直接或间接有助于形成国家身份的建筑通常与历史古迹联系在一起。像国家足球场这样的大型建筑,作为国家纪念碑而建,但同时也满足了功能需求,扮演着类似的角色。本文通过对两个这样的体育场(一个在英国,一个在法国)的批判性回顾,考察了这些巨型结构,特别是国家足球场,这两个体育场代表了欧洲背景下的异常。本文以民族、地理和体育理论为基础,提供了一个地方和全球的视角。我们的研究结果表明,尽管两国之间存在差异,但他们在建造国家体育场的必要性上达成了共识。虽然这一共识根植于两国的殖民历史,但在这两个国家,它都反映了一种内在的需要,即应对皇权的衰落以及移民对同质社会结构的破坏。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 去求助
来源期刊
CiteScore
1.30
自引率
0.00%
发文量
30
期刊介绍: Nationalism & Ethnic Politics explores the varied political aspects of nationalism and ethnicity in order to develop more constructive inter-group relations. The journal publishes case studies and comparative and theoretical analyses. It deals with pluralism, ethno-nationalism, irredentism, separatism, and related phenomena, and examines processes and theories of ethnic identity formation, mobilization, conflict and accommodation in the context of political development and "nation-building". The journal compares and contrasts state and community claims, and deal with such factors as citizenship, race, religion, economic development, immigration, language, and the international environment.
期刊最新文献
Local Ethnic Demography and Ethnonationalist Voting: Evidence from Interwar Yugoslavia Suppress or Support? Great Powers and Revolutionary Agency in the Greek War of Independence The British and Irish Governments’ Role in Restoring the Assembly in Northern Ireland: October 2002 to May 2007 and January 2017 to January 2020 Policing Race, Ethnicity and Culture: Ethnographic Perspectives across Europe Defensive Nationalism: Explaining the Rise of Populism and Fascism in the 21 st Century
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
现在去查看 取消
×
提示
确定
0
微信
客服QQ
Book学术公众号 扫码关注我们
反馈
×
意见反馈
请填写您的意见或建议
请填写您的手机或邮箱
已复制链接
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
×
扫码分享
扫码分享
Book学术官方微信
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术
文献互助 智能选刊 最新文献 互助须知 联系我们:info@booksci.cn
Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。
Copyright © 2023 Book学术 All rights reserved.
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号 京ICP备2023020795号-1