Screen LibraryAfrican football, identity politics and global media narratives the legacy of the FIFA 2010 World Cup /
This edited volume addresses key debates around African football, identity construction, fan cultures, and both African and global media narratives. Using the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa as a lens, it explores how football in Africa is intimately bound up with deeper social, cultural and pol...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Global culture and sport Series
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137392237 |
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This edited volume addresses key debates around African football, identity construction, fan cultures, and both African and global media narratives. Using the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa as a lens, it explores how football in Africa is intimately bound up with deeper social, cultural and political currents. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9781137392220. |
| Carrier Form: | 336 p. : 14 figures, 13. |
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9781137392237 : 1137392231 : |
| CLC: | G80-05 |
| Contents: | Introduction: Towards an Epistemology of African Football - the Symbolic Significance of 2010 FIFA World Cup-- Nhamo A. Mhiripiri and Tendai Chari 1. Nation-Building and the FIFA World Cup, South Africa 2010-- Nathalie Hyde-Clarke, Rune Ottosen and Toby Miller 2. To the Cape and Back: A World Cup Diary - Football Tourism, Narratives of South Africa and the FIFA 2010 World Cup-- Luke Jones 3. The 2010 World Cup Celebrations in a Non-Hosting Location: Voices from the Periphery-- Kiran Odhav 4. South African FIFA World Cup 2010: African Players Global Labor Distribution and Impact on the Domest |