JI Newman, H Xue, R Chen, Y Chen… - Sport in Society, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, we present three 'embodiments' of post-reform footballing China. Starting in 2015, the Chinese Football Association (CFA) initiated a series of reforms to advance player …
The Critical Research in Football book series was launched in 2017 to showcase the inter- and multi-disciplinary breadth of debate relating to 'football'. The series defines 'football'as …
ABSTRACT The 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup is poised to leave a complex legacy, marked by the array of social, economic, and political controversies that enveloped the tournament …
R Chen, Y Su, A Beissel - 2024 - scholarworks.umass.edu
ABSTRACT The 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup is poised to leave a complex legacy, marked by the array of social, economic, and political controversies that enveloped the tournament …
B Brody - Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This article explores the term “sunu coosan” as a Senegalese trope of self‐articulation and as a semiotic strategy in contemporary discourses surrounding nationhood. The term …
T Horky, T Chari - De-neocolonizing Africa: Harnessing the Digital …, 2024 - Springer
Mega sports events, particularly football events, play an important role in changing public perceptions about a nation. In Africa, football events have been instrumentalized not only for …
FR Rahamefy, NA Mhiripiri - Oxford Research Encyclopedia of …, 2023 - oxfordre.com
In Madagascar, race-and ethnicity-based thinking is marked by a paradox: it is at the same time ubiquitous and elusive. Day-to-day communications are permeated with racial …
T Miller - The Oxford Handbook of Sport and Society, 2022 - books.google.com
Climate change imperils the very Earth itself. Past and present industrial processes have exposed the planet to potentially irrevocable harm as we enter what the scientific community …
M Mikhaylova - Russia and the 2018 FIFA World Cup, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter analyzes the “soft power” aspect of World Cup 2018 in Russia compared to the recent championships hosted by other BRICS members-South Africa and Brazil. I examine …