Soccer Empire: The World Cup and The Future of France

    1. Who were/are the following men and which role(s) did they play / do they play in the history of France according to Dubois?: (Question #1 will also exceed the required 400 words because of the need to develop detail on the six personalities. Do not merely summarize what Dubois’s text says about these six personalities. Instead, use the information Dubois develops about them to argue and explain the distinctive role they played in French soccer and the significant contributions Dubois thinks they made. a) Gabriel Hanot b) Rachid Mekloufi c) Jules Rimet d) Marius Tresor e) Lilian Thuram f) Zinedine Zidane 2. What are the many connections between the former French colonies (and most particularly Caribbean France), soccer, identity, and France according to Dubois? to state which specific Caribbean countries and the nature of “identity” implied in Dubois’s study). 3. What are banlieue neighborhoods in France? What does Dubois recount about them in various chapters of the book? (In your response, you must define and explain what the word banlieue means, and what they are notable form in the history of France’s football culture). 4. Discuss and explain Dubois’ concept of “La France Metissee” (Chapter 7). 5. In Soccer Empire, Dubois attempts to use the history of soccer to examine the history of empire. To what extent does a cultural object like sport allow us to see aspects of colonial and post-colonial history that other approaches do not?