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Author:   Michael J. Gennaro (Grambling State University, USA) ,  Saheed Aderinto (Western Carolina University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138549982

ISBN 10:   1138549983
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   02 April 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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"Part 1: Region-Based Essays 1. ""I Was Really Disgusted at Seeing Healthy Young Boys Playing Ping Pong"": Ping-Pong and Masculinity in Post–World War II Nigeria 2. Pas de Deux as I Tell You: Physical Education, Dance, and the Remaking of Discipline in World War II Brazzaville 3. Cameroonian Cricket: The Interface between Local and Dominant Colonial Ideologies 4. Political Action in Sports Development Under the National Liberation Council (NLC) Era in Ghana 5. ""The Best of the Best"": The Politicization of Sports under Ghana’s Supreme Military Council 6. ""We Have Material Second to None"": Colored Sportsmen and Masculine Competition in the South African Press, 1936–1960 7. Playing Away from Home: The Nature of Soccer Integration in South Africa, 1978–1984 8. Examining Physical Culture in a Local Context 9. ""Visionary Courtyard Players"": The Robben Island Rugby Board and the Transition to Post-Apartheid South Africa, c. 1972–1992 10. The Birth of the Springboks: How Early International Rugby Matches Unified White Cultural Identity in South Africa 11. A Tale of Two Sports Fields: Contested Spaces, Histories, and Identities at Play in Rural South Africa 12. The Bulldog, the Pharaoh, and Football: British Imperialism and Egypt’s National Sport and Identity, 1882–1934 13. Sports and Physical Education in Ethiopia during the Italian Occupation, 1936–1941 Part 2: Theme Based Essays 14. Commercialization of Football in Africa: Prospects, Challenges, and Experiences 15. Islam and the Foreign Other: Representing the Alterity of Hakeem Olajuwon 16. Afro-Orientalism in the Global Village: Media Imaginations of South Africa and Africa in the Coverage of the 2010 World Cup"

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Michael J. Gennaro is Assistant Professor of History at Bossier Parish Community College, USA. Saheed Aderinto is Associate Professor of History at Western Carolina University, USA.

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