University of Mississippi eGrove Honors College (Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors Theses Honors College) 2019 German Regional Identity and Soccer: Comparison of Soccer’s Impact on Cultural and Political Identities in Munich and Dortmund, Germany Megan DeGrafft University of Mississippi Follow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis Part of the German Language and Literature Commons, and the International and Area Studies Commons Recommended Citation DeGrafft, Megan, "German Regional Identity and Soccer: Comparison of Soccer’s Impact on Cultural and Political Identities in Munich and Dortmund, Germany" (2019). Honors Theses. 1196. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/1196 This Undergraduate Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Honors College (Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College) at eGrove. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors Theses by an authorized administrator of eGrove. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. German Regional Identity and Soccer: Comparison of Soccer’s Impact on Cultural and Political Identities in Munich and Dortmund, Germany © 2019 By Megan Elizabeth DeGrafft A thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for completion of the Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies Croft Institute for International Studies Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College The University of Mississippi University, Mississippi Spring 2019 Approved: Advisor: Dr. Joshua First Reader: Dr. Oliver Dinius Reader: Dr. William Schenck Abstract: This paper aims to explore the relationship between soccer from a regional perspective using FC Bayern Munich and Munich, Germany and Borussia Dortmund and Dortmund, Germany and how those cities’ soccer teams elicit political and regional identities through the dichotomy between the fans and the business mindset of contemporary German soccer.