Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation

Auteur(s) : Kovač, Uroš. Auteur du texte  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : The precarity of masculinity [Texte imprimé] : football, Pentecostalism, and transnational aspirations in Cameroon / Uroš Kovač

Publication : New York (N.Y.) : Berghahn, copyright 2022

Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xii, 173 p.) : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index"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"

Sujet(s) : Joueurs de football -- Cameroun  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet Joueurs de football -- Religion -- Cameroun  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet Pentecôtistes -- Cameroun  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Indice(s) Dewey :  796.334 096 (20e éd.) = Football - Afrique  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781789209273. - ISBN 1789209277. - ISBN 9781789209280 (erroné) (rel.)

Identifiant de la notice  : ark:/12148/cb46991471k

Notice n° :  FRBNF46991471 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)

Table des matières : Introduction. Precarity, Spirituality, and Masculinities ; Dreams of Mobility: Football between Politics, Economy, Spirituality, and Transnational Markets ; "This Is a Business, Not a Charity": Political and Moral Economy of Football and the Production of the Suffering Subject ; Becoming Useful and Humble: Moral Masculinities in Uncertain Times ; "Tapping the Power": Ruptures and Continuities in the Spiritual World of Football ; Anxious Athletes, Spiritual Wives: Football. Pentecostalism, and the Body ; Conclusion. Masculinities, Faith, and the Production of Aspiration