Sport and Society in Global France

"This study is a timely one, both in terms of the clear contemporary relevance of the issues that it discusses, but also, more pragmatically, in terms of the growing general interest worldwide in France as a sporting nation."
Hugh Dauncey, Newcastle University
“This book should become required reading for academics and students of French sports studies wishing to bring themselves up to date with current thinking about developments in French sport, culture and society in the last two decades.”
Geoff Hare, Newcastle University

‘Besides explaining sportsworlds, the book prompts a reflection on colonial legacies, migrations, neo-colonialism, multinational corporations, North-South inequalities and new forms of exploitation. Confirming sportscapes as pertinent sites of inquiry to understand numerous socio-cultural dynamics in Europe, the book is highly relevant beyond Francophone studies, reaching into post-colonial studies at large, as well as studies of mobility, youth, media and communication, and borders.’

Hélène B. Ducros, EuropeNow 

 

Reviews'Due to its interdisciplinary nature, it is extremely valuable and relevant to not only sport and European historians, sociologists, and sport media and communication experts but also anyone who is enthusiastic about French and European sports, as well as better understanding the persistent economic and social stratifications and inequalities in modern society. In fact, the book may prompt profound and potentially uncomfortable yet necessary discussions about postcolonial heritage and legacies, migration, neocolonialism, multinational corporations, and commercialism, as well as hypermediatization, deterritorialization, and other new forms of exploitation.'
Katja Sonkeng, International Journal of Sport Communication
‘Cathal Kilcline’s Sport and Society in Global France is a major contribution to the field of French and francophone studies.’
Alain-Philippe Durand, Contemporary French Civilization
‘L’approche est d’autant plus riche et originale pour les lecteurs français (qu’ils soient chercheurs ou étudiants, plutôt dans les domaines et les filières liés au management et à l’enseignement) qu’elle leur permet ainsi de prendre de la distance avec leurs propres représentations et routines de pensée.’
‘The approach is all the richer and more original for French readers (be they researchers or students, especially in the fields of management and education) because it enables them to take a step back from their own forms of representation and ways of thinking’.
Robin Recours, STAPS Journal