"Given its popularity, international football might be viewed as a prism through which the imagined community of the nation becomes closer to a manifest reality

Given its popularity, international football might be viewed as a prism through which the imagined community of the nation becomes closer to a manifest reality

National Identity and Global Sports Events looks at the significance of international sporting events and why they generate enormous audiences worldwide. Focusi

In recent years, scholars have understood the increasing use of the St George’s Cross by football fans to be evidence of a rise in a specifically ’English�

"Given its popularity, international football might be viewed as a prism through which the imagined community of the nation becomes closer to a manifest reality