Why do non-Jewish football fans chant "Yid Army" or wave "Super Jews"
banners—especially in support of clubs that are not Jewish? The
Making of "Jew Clubs" 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, The Making of "Jew Clubs" shows how football cultures
reflect and reshape Europe's conflicted relationship with its Jewish
past.
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Performing Jewishness and Antisemitism in European Football and Fan Cultures
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780253073396
Publisert
2025
Utgiver
Indiana University Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter