African Football, Identity Politics And Global Media Narratives: The Legacy Of The Fifa 2010 World Cup (Global Culture And Sport Series)

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.

• • Author: Tendai Chari, Nhamo A. Mhiripiri
• • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• • Publication Date: Aug 26, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 327 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1137392223
• • ISBN-13: 9781137392220