{"product_id":"sports-in-africa-past-and-todd-cleveland-9780821424513","title":"Sports in Africa, Past and Present","description":"\u003cb\u003eThese groundbreaking essays demonstrate how Africans past and present have utilized sports to forge complex identities and shape Africa's dynamic place in the world.\u003c\/b\u003e Since the late nineteenth century, modern sports in Africa have both reflected and shaped cultural, social, political, economic, generational, and gender relations on the continent. Although colonial powers originally introduced European sports as a means of \"civilizing\" indigenous populations and upholding then current notions of racial hierarchies and \"muscular Christianity,\" Africans quickly appropriated these sporting practices to fulfill their own varied interests. This collection encompasses a wide range of topics, including women footballers in Nigeria, Kenya's world-class long-distance runners, pitches and stadiums in communities large and small, fandom and pay-to-watch kiosks, the sporting diaspora, sports pedagogy, sports as resistance and as a means to forge identity, sports heritage, the impact of politics on sports, and sporting biography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Todd Cleveland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0821424513\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780821424513\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Todd Cleveland","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43993583190271,"sku":"9780821424513","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_07a390e5-e37a-4f9b-8b16-fe104a9448f2.jpg?v=1683325144","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sports-in-africa-past-and-todd-cleveland-9780821424513","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}