Womens Sport In Africa

Author : John Bale
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317637658
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women’s Sport in Africa written by John Bale and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent decades Africa has emerged as a sporting giant. The African sporting phenomenon has been addressed in the popular press and it has also attracted scholarly interest; however, this interest is almost entirely focussed on men. Yet women’s participation in recreational and elite sport is worthy of exploration and research. This path-breaking collection of essays provides an introduction to a variety of dimensions of women’s participation in African sports. Several key concepts are addressed in the book: women and media, women and sport-migration, sport and empowerment, sporting and social development, women’s sport and postcolonial Africa, and professional sport and economic development. This collection, authored by established scholars, will attract readership from students from Sports Studies to African Studies and from undergraduate students to university teachers. This book was published as a special issue of Sport in Society.

Author : John Bale
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317637666
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women’s Sport in Africa written by John Bale and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent decades Africa has emerged as a sporting giant. The African sporting phenomenon has been addressed in the popular press and it has also attracted scholarly interest; however, this interest is almost entirely focussed on men. Yet women’s participation in recreational and elite sport is worthy of exploration and research. This path-breaking collection of essays provides an introduction to a variety of dimensions of women’s participation in African sports. Several key concepts are addressed in the book: women and media, women and sport-migration, sport and empowerment, sporting and social development, women’s sport and postcolonial Africa, and professional sport and economic development. This collection, authored by established scholars, will attract readership from students from Sports Studies to African Studies and from undergraduate students to university teachers. This book was published as a special issue of Sport in Society.

Author : Chuka A. Onwumechili
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781032665665
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women's Football in Africa written by Chuka A. Onwumechili and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the first book to take an in-depth look at women's football in Africa. Exploring the history, contemporary landscape and future development of the women's game on the African continent, the book offers an important new perspective on the rise of women's sport more broadly. The book traces the history of women's soccer in Africa from its introduction during the period of European colonisation and it's subsequent ban by colonial authorities, through to the present day period of rapidly increasing spectatorship, rising participation rates and growing media interest. It reflects on the social obstacles to girls' participation, including socio-cultural and religious barriers, as well as important social issues in football such as homophobia, discrimination and abuse, and considers why certain countries have dominated African competitions, including Nigeria, Ghana and, latterly, South Africa, Equitorial Guinea and Cameroon. The book also examines the crucial role played by youth academies, and FIFA's leadership role, and considers the challenges faced by African players, clubs and countries on the global stage. This is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in football, sport history, women's sport, Africa, development studies, or the relationships between sport and wider society"--

Author : Jimoh Shehu
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 286978306X
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gender, Sport and Development in Africa written by Jimoh Shehu and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2010 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on various theories and cross-cultural data, the contributors to this volume highlight the various ways in which sport norms, policies, practices and representations pervasively interface with gender and other socially constructed categories of difference. They argue that sport is not only a site of competition and physical recreation, but also a crossroad where features of modern society such as hegemony, identities, democracy, technology, development and master statuses intertwine and bifurcate. As they point out in many ways, sport production, reproduction, distribution and consumption are relational, spatial and contextual and, therefore, do not pay off for men, women and other social groups equally. The authors draw attention to the structure and scope of efforts needed to transform the exclusionary and gendered nature of sport processes to make them adequate to the task of engendering Africa's development. --

Author : Unwana Samuel Akpan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040103790
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discourses in Sport Communication in Africa and the African Diaspora written by Unwana Samuel Akpan and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-07-25 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores sport communication in Africa and the African diaspora. Drawing on multidisciplinary perspectives, it deepens our understanding of the importance of sport in African society as well as the profound and growing influence of the African diaspora in world sport, as athletes, scholars, leaders, and business and media professionals. Including contributions from leading African researchers and experts on sport in Africa across the fields of sociology, history, business, communication studies, media studies, and education, this book examines sport communication across a wide variety of contexts and countries, from the role of radio in developing awareness of the Olympic Games in Nigeria to the impact of Colin Kaepernick’s protest on journalistic practices in Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the USA. Presenting fascinating case studies such as print media and the historiography of football in Cameroon, racism in European football, and the relationship between sport, communication policy-making, and sustainable development in Africa, this book shines new light on key themes in the study of sport communication. This is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in social-cultural issues in sport, the business and management of sport, sport and the media, African studies, or development studies.

Author : John Nauright
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780718500726
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sport, Cultures, and Identities in South Africa written by John Nauright and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The meanings attached to sports in South African societies, past and present, are explored in this book, which focuses particularly on the part played by the prominent team sports of rugby, soccer and cricket in the creation of social divisions and unities over the course of South African history. In the past, only white South Africans could represent "South Africa" in international sport. Now, formerly white-dominated sports have been promoted as unifying forces for a nation in the process of forging a new national identity. The book considers the history and changing meanings attached to particular sports in the old and new South Africas, and how sport is being used and abused today.

Author : Chuka Onwumechili
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 104002596X
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women's Football in Africa written by Chuka Onwumechili and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-07-09 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to take an in-depth look at women’s football in Africa. Exploring the history, contemporary landscape, and future development of the women’s game on the African continent, this book offers an important new perspective on the rise of women’s sport more broadly. This book traces the history of women’s soccer in Africa from its introduction during the period of European colonization and its subsequent ban by colonial authorities, through to the present day period of rapidly increasing spectatorship, rising participation rates, and growing media interest. It reflects on the social obstacles to girls’ participation, including sociocultural and religious barriers, as well as important social issues in football such as homophobia, discrimination, and abuse, and considers why certain countries have dominated African competitions, including Nigeria, Ghana, and, lately, South Africa, Equitorial Guinea, and Cameroon. This book also examines the crucial role played by youth academies, and FIFA’s leadership role, and considers the challenges faced by African players, clubs, and countries on the global stage. This is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in football, sport history, women’s sport, Africa, development studies, or the relationships between sport and wider society.

Author : Hong Fan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780714684086
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soccer, Women, Sexual Liberation written by Hong Fan and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2004 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection considers women's football in a global context and analyses its progress, and the challenges and problems it has faced.

Author : Scarlett Cornelissen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317988590
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sport Past and Present in South Africa written by Scarlett Cornelissen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an interpretation of sport in contemporary South Africa through an historical account of the evolution and social ramifications of sport in the twentieth century. It comprises chapters which trace the growth of sports such as football, cricket, surfing, boxing and rugby, and considers their relationship to aspects of racial identity, masculinity, femininity, political and social development in the country. The book also draws out the wider geo-political significance of South African sport, placing it in the context of the development of sport both elsewhere on the African continent and internationally. The history of sport has seen significant international growth over the past few decades. For the most part, however, the history of sport in Africa has remained largely untraced. By detailing the way in which sport’s development in South Africa overlapped with major socio-political processes on the wider African continent, this volume seeks to narrow the gap. This book was previously published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

Author : Gertrud Pfister
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134578245
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sport and Women written by Gertrud Pfister and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-07-26 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book illuminates a wide range of key international issues in women's sport, such as cultural barriers to participation and the efficacy of political action. It is therefore essential reading for anybody with an interest in the sociology, culture