Political Use of Football in Corsica (1959–2000)
Rey, Didier
Political Use of Football in Corsica (1959–2000) - 2005.
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When the Corsican football teams started to take part in the national competitions, they finally did feel French; but, as they were made to feel different, and not equal, as they had hoped, a deep feeling of “victimism” developed among Corsican people. Then in the early 1970s football contributed to the awakening of Corsican autonomism and nationalism, without becoming a genuine identitary football.
Political Use of Football in Corsica (1959–2000) - 2005.
99
When the Corsican football teams started to take part in the national competitions, they finally did feel French; but, as they were made to feel different, and not equal, as they had hoped, a deep feeling of “victimism” developed among Corsican people. Then in the early 1970s football contributed to the awakening of Corsican autonomism and nationalism, without becoming a genuine identitary football.
Réseaux sociaux