Moments, Metaphors, Memories: Defining Events i, Bandyopadhyay, Naha..

Taylor & Francis

Moments, Metaphors, MemoriesDefining Events in the History of Soccer\nAuthor(s): Kausik Bandyopadhyay, Souvik Naha\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367696160, 978-0367696160\nSynopsis\nAs the most popular mass spectator sport across the world, soccer generates key moments of significance on and off the field, encapsulated in events that create metaphors and memories, with wider social, cultural, psychological, political, commercial and aesthetic implications. Since its inception as a modern game, the history of soccer has been replete with events that have changed the organization, meanings and impact of the sport. The passage from the club to the nation or from the local to the global often opens up transnational spaces that provide a context for studying the events that have defined the sport and its followers. Such defining events can include sporting performances, decisions taken by various stakeholders of th.