De l’économie politique à l’économie de la différence corporelle. Représentations du spectacle sportif dans l’imaginaire de la jeunesse africaine
Today’s African youth have chosen the economy of corporal performance over political economy, as a way of reconquering the dignity that was lost to them lost in the collapse of African countries. The undeniable success of African athletes all over the world has given rise to diverse representation...
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CrossWorks
2006
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| Online Access: | https://crossworks.holycross.edu/pf/vol66/iss1/10 https://crossworks.holycross.edu/context/pf/article/1108/viewcontent/pf66_p162_183.pdf |
| Summary: | Today’s African youth have chosen the economy of corporal performance over political economy, as a way of reconquering the dignity that was lost to them lost in the collapse of African countries. The undeniable success of African athletes all over the world has given rise to diverse representations in people’s imaginations: while young Africans consider sports to be a unique way of gaining both national and international recognition, a particular strain of racism in Western countries would use black athletes to procure certain warm and reassuring emotions for “civilized†populations frozen into the permafrost of consumer society. |
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