Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Precarity of MasculinityCondition: NewSubtitle: Football, Pentecostalism, and Transnational Aspirations in CameroonISBN-10: 1805393308EAN: 9781805393306ISBN: 9781805393306Publisher: Berghahn BooksFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 06/07/2024Description: 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.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBAuthor: Uroš KovačGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social Sciences, Gender Sex & Relationships, Philosophy & SpiritualityRelease Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Precarity of Masculinity
Title: The Precarity of Masculinity
Subtitle: Football, Pentecostalism, and Transnational Aspirations in Camero
ISBN-10: 1805393308
EAN: 9781805393306
ISBN: 9781805393306
Release Date: 06/07/2024
Release Year: 2024
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Philosophy & Spirituality
Publisher: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Subject: Christianity / Pentecostal & Charismatic, General, Sociology of Sports, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Publication Year: 2024
Number of Pages: 220 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Precarity of Masculinity : Football, Pentecostalism, and Transnational Aspirations in Cameroon
Type: Textbook
Author: Uros Kovač
Subject Area: Religion, Sports & Recreation, Social Science
Format: Trade Paperback
