Podcast

Trump’s NFL row: politics, nationalism and masculinity in sports

The US National Football League has become the battlefield of patriotism
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It began as a silent protest against racism and social inequality – but when US President Donald Trump went on stage at a rally in Alabama on 22 September and attacked the NFL players kneeling or raising their fists during the national anthem, the NFL became the battlefield of the very definition of patriotism.

In this DIIS Podcast, Senior Researcher Vibeke Schou Tjalve and Post Doc Matthew Hinds analyse Trump’s move in a historical context and discuss the clash of different conservative visions of patriotism, masculinity and manhood.

Vibeke Schou Tjalve and Matthew Hinds participate in the World of the Right Project, a new research project that explores both the origins and symptoms of right wing ideas in a changing liberal order, as well as of the role of identity, race, religion and new media.

Political Football
Masculinity, Nationhood and Politics in Sports