[Linganth] Carl Rommel's book

[Ilana Gershon]

Dear Colleagues,
Jessica Winegar interviews Carl Rommel on his new book, Egypt's Football
Revolution,
today on the CaMP anthropology blog.

<http://goog_389315370>
https://campanthropology.org

Best
Ilana

Press blurb: Both a symbol of the Mubarak government’s power and a
component in its construction of national identity, football served as
fertile ground for Egyptians to confront the regime’s overthrow during the
2011 revolution. With the help of the state, appreciation for football in
Egypt peaked in the late 2000s. Yet after Mubarak fell, fans questioned
their previous support, calling for a reformed football for a new,
postrevolutionary nation.

In *Egypt’s Football Revolution*, Carl Rommel examines the politics of
football as a space for ordinary Egyptians and state forces to negotiate a
masculine Egyptian chauvinism. Basing his discussion on several years of
fieldwork with fans, players, journalists, and coaches, he investigates the
increasing attention paid to football during the Mubarak era; its demise
with the 2011 uprisings and 2012 Port Said massacre, which left seventy-two
fans dead; and its recent rehabilitation. Cairo’s highly organized and
dedicated Ultras fans became a key revolutionary force through their
antiregime activism, challenging earlier styles of fandom and making
visible entrenched ties between sport and politics. As the appeal of
football burst, alternative conceptions of masculinity, emotion, and
politics came to the fore to demand or prevent revolution and reform.


https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477323175/

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