African Football, Identity Politics and Global Media Narratives The Legacy of the FIFA 2010 World Cup

Title:

ISBN:

9781137392237

Personal Author:

Chari, Tendai. author.

Edition:

1st ed. 2014.

Publication Information New:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Physical Description:

XIV, 313 p. online resource.

Series:

Global Culture and Sport Series,

Abstract:

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.

Subject Term:

Culture.

Ethnology -- Africa.

Sociology.

Sports -- Sociological aspects.

Communication.

Culture -- Study and teaching.

Sociology of Culture.

African Culture.

Sport Sociology.

Media and Communication.

Cultural Studies.