Women’s Sport in Africa
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"A very interesting anthology from different sports research perspective. It also shows that research on women's sport in Africa is on the rise."—Anders Östnäs, Lund University, www.idrottsforum.org
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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. Les mer
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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.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Routledge
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 146
- ISBN
- 9780415624633
- Utgivelsesår
- 2014
- Format
- 25 x 17 cm
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"A very interesting anthology from different sports research perspective. It also shows that research on women's sport in Africa is on the rise."—Anders Östnäs, Lund University, www.idrottsforum.org
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