German Football: History, Culture, Society provides unprecedented analysis and commentary on the place of football in post-war and post-reunification Germany, revealing the motives and drives underlying Germany's successful bid to host the 2006 World Cup finals.The contributors explore the significance of football in German sporting and cultural life, showing how football has emerged as a major focus for the expression of a coherent national identity and as evidence of the restoration of German national pride in the post-World War II period. Major themes include:
· German football's desire for success on the International stage
· Football expressions of local, regional and national identity
· The East European legacy
· Ethnic dynamics, migrant populations and Europeanization
· German football's commercial economy
· Women's football in Germany
· Literary and media perceptions of the German game
With contributions from a range of disciplinary perspectives, German Football illuminates key cultural moments - the 1954 victory, the founding of the Bundesliga in 1962, the 1972 World Cup victory as hosts, its third World Cup triumph in Italia '90, the winning bid for 2006 - from a variety of angles.
This is an innovative, open-minded and critical analysis of football's burgeoning significance in German cultural life, which will be enjoyed by readers of Sport Studies and German Studies alike.
Worth The Money
I recently bought Rock Band for my Nintendo Wii gaming system. I'm not actually a huge video game player so I thought it may be a mistake considering the very high cost of the system (over $180 including tax.) But I am a huge music lover and it looked like fun, so I splurged on it. I'm glad I did. It is easily the best video game ever.
Forget Guitar Hero
I already had Guitar Hero for my Wii. I had played it quite a bit at first but quickly grew bored of it as while it can be fun at first - after awhile it seems pointless as it doesn't have anything to do with playing a real guitar.
Drumming & Singing
For me what makes Wii Rock Band so awesome is the drumming and singing portions. Sure the guitar part can be amusing. But it's the drumming and singing that make it awesome. Why? Because when you become a good drummer on Wii Rock Band you actually improve your real life drumming abilities! That's because it's such a lifelike representation of what it's like to play real drums. Sure it's not exactly the same, but it's close enough for Government work (as the old saying goes.)
Similarly with the singing part of the game. If you can learn to sing a song on Rock Band at a very high level on the expert setting then you are not merely beating a video game, you are becoming a much better singer who has greatly improved their ability to sing in key. How cool is that?
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