The making of "Jew clubs": performing Jewishness and antisemitism in European football and fan cultures
Why do non-Jewish football fans chant "Yid Army" or wave "Super Jews" banners – especially in support of clubs that are not Jewish? This book explores how four major European football clubs – FC Bayern Munich, FK Austria Vienna, Ajax Amsterdam, and Tottenham Hotspur – came to be...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Bloomington, Indiana
Indiana University Press
[2025]
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| In: | Year: 2025 |
| Series/Journal: | Studies in antisemitism
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Europe
/ Soccer
/ Antisemitism
/ Philosemitism
/ Soccer fan
/ History
B FC Bayern München B FK Austria Wien B Ajax Amsterdam B Tottenham Hotspur |
| Further subjects: | B
Soccer (Europe)
Sociological aspects
B Soccer fans (Europe) Attitudes B Antisemitism in sports (Europe) B Soccer teams (Europe) Sociological aspects B Jews in popular culture (Europe) B Thesis |
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| Summary: | Why do non-Jewish football fans chant "Yid Army" or wave "Super Jews" banners – especially in support of clubs that are not Jewish? This book explores how four major European football clubs – FC Bayern Munich, FK Austria Vienna, Ajax Amsterdam, and Tottenham Hotspur – came to be seen as "Jew Clubs," even though they have never officially identified as Jewish. In this transnational study, Pavel Brunssen traces how both Jewish and non-Jewish actors perform Jewishness, antisemitism, and philosemitism within European football cultures over the 20th and 21st centuries. Drawing on a wide array of primary sources – from fan chants and matchday rituals to media portrayals and club histories—the book reveals how football stadiums have become unexpected stages for negotiating memory, identity, and historical trauma. Offering a new approach to Holocaust memory, sports history, and Jewish studies, this book shows how football cultures reflect and reshape Europe's conflicted relationship with its Jewish past. |
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| Item Description: | Quellen- und Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 389-431 Enthält ein Register |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 459 Seiten, Illustrationen, 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780253073372 0253073375 9780253073389 0253073383 |
