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Publication details [#49539]

Butterworth, Michael L. 2007. The Politics of the Pitch: Claiming and Contesting Democracy Through the Iraqi National Soccer Team. Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies 4 (2) : 184–203.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

conflict | freedom | political language | political system | sports language

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper discusses how President George W. Bush deployed the surprising Olympic success of the Iraqi national soccer in 2004, to rhetorically justify the Iraqi War.