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Immigrant players in the national football team of Germany and the question of national identity
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Abstract This paper is based on the research related to the immigrant players in the national football team and the formation of national identity in Germany. Recent analyses reveal that the success of an immigrant player in the national sports team has been regarded as a useful factor to attract public atte... view more
This paper is based on the research related to the immigrant players in the national football team and the formation of national identity in Germany. Recent analyses reveal that the success of an immigrant player in the national sports team has been regarded as a useful factor to attract public attention to the contribution of immigrants to the progress of the country. During the matches, discourses coming from the fans depending on the result of the game. They target immigrant players as a scapegoat in the situation of loss. Indeed, this is visible in parallel with the increasing strong critics in the media against these immigrant players. In this paper, the case of Mesut Özil in the German National Football Team is analyzed. The case study offers evidence of whether the success of immigrant players has been an important factor for their inclusion in the national identity in Germany.... view less
Keywords
integration; migration background; identity; success; Federal Republic of Germany; migration; soccer
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Leisure Research
Free Keywords
Immigrant Players; Mesut Özil
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 24-37
Journal
Journal of Liberty and International Affairs, 6 (2021) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.47305/JLIA2163024g
ISSN
1857-9760
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed