Description: Precarity of Masculinity : Football, Pentecostalism, and Transnational Aspirations in Cameroon, Paperback by Kovac, Uroš, ISBN 1805393308, ISBN-13 9781805393306, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Since the 1990s, an increasing number of young men in Cameroon have aspired to play football as a career and a strategy to migrate abroad. Migration through the sport promises fulfillment of masculine dreams of sports stardom, as well as opportunities to earn a living that have been hollowed out by the country’s long economic stalemate. The aspiring footballers are increasingly turning to Pentecostal Christianity, which allows them to challenge common tropes of young men as stubborn and promiscuous, while also offering a moral and bodily regime that promises success despite the odds. Yet the transnational sports market is tough and unpredictable: it demands disciplined young bodies and introduces new forms of uncertainty. This book unpacks young Cameroonians' football dreams, Pentecostal faith, obligations to provide, and desires to migrate to highlight the precarity of masculinity in structurally adjusted Africa and neoliberal capitalism.
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Book Title: Precarity of Masculinity : Football, Pentecostalism, and Transnat
Publisher: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2024
Subject: Christianity / Pentecostal & Charismatic, General, Sociology of Sports, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Number of Pages: 220 Pages
Publication Name: Precarity of Masculinity : Football, Pentecostalism, and Transnational Aspirations in Cameroon
Language: English
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Religion, Sports & Recreation, Social Science
Author: Uros Kovač
Format: Trade Paperback
