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African 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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Group Author: Chari, Tendai; Mhiripiri, Nhamo A., 1968-
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Series: Global culture and sport Series
Subjects:
World Cup (Soccer) > South Africa) > (2010.
Soccer > Political aspects > Africa.
Soccer > Social aspects > Africa.
Mass media and sports > Africa.
Sport & leisure industries.
Media Studies.
Sociology: sport & leisure.
Football (Soccer, Association football).
Sport.
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137392237
Summary: 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.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9781137392220.
Carrier Form: 336 p. : 14 figures, 13.
ISBN: 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 Domestic Game-- Njororai Wycliffe 5. New-Found Fan Culture-- Emma Durden 6. Zimbabwean Female Audiences: Negotiating (En)Gendered Spaces in the 2010 FIFA World Cup-- Rosemary Chikafa 7. Noisemaker or Cultural Symbol: The Vuvuzela Controversy and Expressions of Football Fandom-- Jeffrey W Kassing 8. Nigeria: Media Narratives and Reports of Football from Within-- Chuka Onwumechili 9. Unmaking the Dark Continent: South Africa, Africa and the Image Make-Over Narrative in the South African Press-- Tendai Chari 10. Imploding or Perpetuating African Myths through Reporting South Africa 2010 World Cup Stories on Economic Opportunity-- Joyce Tsitsi Mhiripiri and Nhamo Anthony Mhiripiri 11. The FIFA World Cup 2010 in the German Media: Presentation and Construction of a Large Sports Event-- Thomas Horky and Christoph G. Grimmer 12. A Unique Period? An Analysis of the Coverage of Africa during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in Selected Western Media-- Teke Ngomba 13. Of Sunsets, Savagery, and Soccer: Framing Africa during the Final Days of the 2010 World Cup-- Bernadine Jones 14. Afro-Pessimism in the French and British Press Coverage of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa-- Toussaint Nothias.

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