Rebeccah Dawson is Associate Professor of German Studies, University of Kentucky (USA). Currently, she serves as co-editor for a Colloquia Germanica special issue on football in German literature and film and the editor of H:Sport—German Journal Watch.

“A fascinating and enjoyable read, Football Nation offers a significant contribution to existing work which examines the place of football in German society using a series of case studies which expertly investigate sociocultural factors influencing German football.” • Rory Magrath, Solent University“Football Nation is an interesting volume that examines football in Germany from numerous angles and through multiple disciplinary lenses. Many of the opinions expressed in it will elicit intense debate, but it is of a high scholarly standard and will undoubtedly prove a valuable addition to what is already a fairly dense canon” • Darren O’Byrne, University of Cambridge

• Introduction: Historical Perspectives on the German Football NationRebeccah Dawson, Bastian Heinsohn, Oliver Knabe, And Alan McDougallPart I: A Border-Crossing Game: German Football and International Cultural ExchangeChapter 1. The Introduction and Integration of Football into a Divided Society: Conservative and Socialist Football in Germany from 1871 to 1933Thomas AdamChapter 2. Fußball Internationale: Toward a Global History of GDR FootballAlan McDougallChapter 3. Local Fans—Global Players: Contradictions in Post-Industrial FootballStephan SchindlerPart II: Race, Exclusion, and Otherness in German FootballChapter 4. Willy Meisl’s “German Football Nation:” Internationalism, Austrian Patriotism, and Jewish Pride in Interwar Sports WritingKay SchillerChapter 5. Commodified, Corrupted and Capitalist: Combatting the Modern Athletic Machine in Melchior Vischer’s Football Players and IndiansRebeccah DawsonChapter 6. Controlling Definitions: Racism and German Identity after Mesut Özil’s National Team ResignationKate ZambonPart III: Forming Identities through Football: Class and Gender in German CultureChapter 7. The Making of a Football Myth: Memory, Masculinity, and the MediaFriederike EmondsChapter 8. A Gendered Network of Double Binds in Joachim Hasler’s Football Musical “Don’t Cheat, Darling!”Kaleigh BangorChapter 9. From GDR-Emigrant to Third-Class Citizen: Football Stadiums, Social Divides, and East German Identities in Andreas Gläser’s BFC is to Blame for the WallOliver KnabePart IV: The Politics Beyond the Pitch: German Fandom and SpectatorshipChapter 10. Educating the Spectator: Athlete-Fan Interplay in the Early German Football Film The Eleven Devils by Zoltan KordaBastian HeinsohnChapter 11. Antisemitic Metaphors in German Football Fan Culture Directed at RB LeipzigPavel BrunssenChapter 12. One Foot on the Ball and the Other Nearly in Jail? Analyzing the Role of Social Work in the Interaction of Supporters, Police, and the Media in Hamburg FootballFabian FritzChapter 13. Countering Contingency: Aesthetics and Fan Codetermination in German FootballAlex HolznienkemperConclusion: “Fußball ist alles!” Football’s Importance in German SocietyTimm Beichelt