| Das Sowjetische Fieber: Fußballfans Im Poststalinistischen Vielvölkerreich Contributor(s): Zeller, Manfred (Author), Katzer, Nikolaus (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 3838207874 ISBN-13: 9783838207872 Publisher: Ibidem Press OUR PRICE: $47.52 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - Sports & Recreation | Sociology Of Sports - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Series: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.8" W x 8.2" (0.95 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What did the citizens of the Soviet Union identify with? Where did the societal faultlines lie? Did mass demonstrations destabilize Soviet order? How did informal groups come into being within a society based on uniformity? What impact did media and new forms of connection have on the development of a multinational Soviet society? What remained after the end of the Soviet Union? Using Soviet soccer teams from Moscow (Spartak, Dynamo, ZSKA) and Kiev (Dynamo) as examples, Manfred Zeller tells a story of community and enmity in the post-Stalinist empire. He analyzes the complex loyalties that governed group identities and explains phenomena like the love-hate relationship between Kiev and Moscow. 'Moscow against Kiev' in Soviet times was not a question of war and peace, but in soccer there was already a feeling of 'us against them.' Zeller's book is an important contribution to research on Soviet culture after Stalin as well as to contemporary debates on antagonism in the post-Soviet world. |