African Football, Identity Politics and Global Media Narratives: The Legacy of the FIFA 2010 World Cup

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction: Towards an Epistemology of African Football — The Symbolic Significance of the 2010 FIFA World Cup....Pages 1-12
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Nation-Building and the FIFA World Cup, South Africa 2010....Pages 15-28
To the Cape and Back: Football Tourism, Narratives of South Africa and the FIFA 2010 World Cup....Pages 29-46
The 2010 World Cup Celebrations in a Non-hosting Location: Voices from the Periphery....Pages 47-70
South Africa FIFA World Cup 2010: African Players’ Global Labour Distribution and Legacy....Pages 71-90
Front Matter....Pages 91-91
New-found Football Fans....Pages 93-105
Zimbabwean Female Audiences: Negotiating (En)Gendered Spaces in the 2010 FIFA World Cup....Pages 106-120
Noisemaker or Cultural Symbol: The Vuvuzela Controversy and Expressions of Football Fandom....Pages 121-139
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Nigeria: Media Narratives and Reports of Football from Within....Pages 143-160
Unmaking the Dark Continent: South Africa, Africa and the Image Make-Over Narrative in the South African Press....Pages 161-179
Imploding or Perpetuating African Myths through Reporting South Africa 2010 World Cup Stories on Business Opportunities....Pages 180-204
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
The Football World Cup 2010 in the German Media: Presenting and Constructing a Major Sporting Event....Pages 207-230
A Unique Period? An Analysis of the Coverage of Africa during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in Selected Western Media....Pages 231-261
Of Sunsets, Savagery and Soccer: Framing Africa during the Final Days of the 2010 World Cup....Pages 262-284
Afro-pessimism in the French and British Press Coverage of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa....Pages 285-304
Back Matter....Pages 305-313