Descript |
xiv, 186 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm. |
Content |
text |
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still image |
Media |
unmediated |
Carrier |
volume |
Note |
Originally published: 2010. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Part 1: Past is prologue: history of football in South Africa -- 1. Football as code: the social diffusion of 'soccer' in South Africa -- 2. White football in South Africa: empire, apartheid and change, 1892-1977 -- 3. A biography of Darius Dhlomo: transnational footballer in the era of apartheid -- 4. Women and gender in South African soccer: a brief history -- Part 2: Football culture after apartheid: local and transnational dynamics -- 5. 'You must support Chieft: Pirates already have two white fans!': race and racial discourse in South African football fandom -- 6. 'It wasn't that I did not like South African football': media, history and biography -- 7. Soccer in a rugby town: restructuring football in Stellenbosch -- 8. Differing trajectories: football development and patterns of player migration in South Africa and Ghana -- Part 3: The 2010 World Cup: challenges and opportunities -- 9. Football's tsars: proprietorship, corporatism and politics in the 2010 FIFA World Cup -- 10. Sports as cultural diplomacy: the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa's foreign policy -- 11. World Cup 2010: Africa's turn or the turn on Africa? -- 12. The 2010 FIFA World Cup: critical voices from below -- Index. |
ISBN |
9780415518598 (pbk.) : |
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