Women S Sport In Africa

Author : John Bale,Michelle Sikes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781317637653

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Women’s Sport in Africa by John Bale,Michelle Sikes Pdf

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 : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Soccer for women
ISBN : 1032665661

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Women's Football in Africa by Chuka A. Onwumechili Pdf

"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 : John Bale,Michelle Sikes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781317637660

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Women’s Sport in Africa by John Bale,Michelle Sikes Pdf

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 : Jimoh Shehu
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9782869783065

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Gender, Sport and Development in Africa by Jimoh Shehu Pdf

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 : Gertrud Pfister,Ilse Hartmann-Tews
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005-07-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134578238

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Sport and Women by Gertrud Pfister,Ilse Hartmann-Tews Pdf

Although female athletes are successful in all types of sport, in many countries sport is still a male domain. This book examines and compares the sporting experiences of women from different countries around the world and offers the first systematic and cross-cultural analysis of the topic of women in sport. Sport and Women presents a wealth of new research data, including in-depth case-studies of 16 countries in North and South America, Asia, Eastern and Western Europe and Africa. In addition, the book offers comparative assessments of the extent to which women are represented in global sport and the opportunities that women have to participate in decision-making processes in sport. 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 and politics of sport.

Author : Jennifer Hargreaves
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134585304

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Heroines of Sport by Jennifer Hargreaves Pdf

Heroines of Sport looks closely at different groups of women whose stories have been excluded from previous accounts of women's sports and female heroism. It focuses on five specific groups of women from different places in the world: Black women in South Africa; Muslim women from the Middle East; Aboriginal women from Australia and Canada; and lesbian and disabled women from different countries worldwide. It also asks searching questions about colonialism and neo-colonialism in the women's international sport movement. The particular groups of women featured in the book reflect the need to look at specific categories of difference relating to class, culture, disability, ethnicity, race, religion and sexual orientation. In her account, Jennifer Hargreaves reveals how the participation of women in sport across the world is tied to their sense of difference and identity. Based on original research each chapter includes material which relates to significant political and cultural developments. Heroines of Sport will be invaluable reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of sport sociology, and will also be relevant for students working in women's studies and other specialized fields, such as development studies or the politics of Aboriginality, disability, Islam, race and sexuality.

Author : Chuka Onwumechili
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-09
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781040025963

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Women's Football in Africa by Chuka Onwumechili Pdf

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 : Unwana Samuel Akpan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781040103791

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Discourses in Sport Communication in Africa and the African Diaspora by Unwana Samuel Akpan Pdf

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 : Cheryl Roberts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Physical education for women
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070153916

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Against the Grain by Cheryl Roberts Pdf

Author : John Nauright
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0718500725

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Sport, Cultures, and Identities in South Africa by John Nauright Pdf

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 : Hong Fan,J. A. Mangan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0714684082

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Soccer, Women, Sexual Liberation by Hong Fan,J. A. Mangan Pdf

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,Albert Grundlingh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317988595

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Sport Past and Present in South Africa by Scarlett Cornelissen,Albert Grundlingh Pdf

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 : Suad Joseph,Afsāna Naǧmābādī
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 599 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004128194

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Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures by Suad Joseph,Afsāna Naǧmābādī Pdf

Family, Body, Sexuality and Health is Volume III of the Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures. In almost 200 well written entries it covers the broad field of family, body, sexuality and health and Islamic cultures.

Author : Ali Bowes,Alex Culvin
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781800431980

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The Professionalisation of Women’s Sport by Ali Bowes,Alex Culvin Pdf

The Professionalisation of Women’s Sport draws upon the expertise of a range of scholars from the fields of sport sociology, sport history, sport economics to critically discuss the complex and often fragmented histories of women’s involvement in professional sport.

Author : Elizabeth C.K. Pike
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-28
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781789903607

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Research Handbook on Sports and Society by Elizabeth C.K. Pike Pdf

This state-of-the-art Research Handbook provides a challenging and critical examination of the complex issues surrounding sports in contemporary societies. Featuring contributions from world-leading scholars, it focuses upon the impact of their research, together with significant social issues and controversies in sport.