Sports and Modernity in Late Imperial Ethiopia.
Katrin. Bromber
Bok Engelsk 2022 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (240 pages)
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| Opplysninger | Front Cover -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes on Transliteration, Titles, Currency, and the Ethiopian Calendar -- Introduction -- 1 - The Emergence of Ethiopia's Modern Sports Scene (1900-1935) -- Urbanization, Labour, and Leisure -- The Establishment of Physical Education in Modern Schools -- Climbing, Running, and Fighting -- 2 - Sports and Propaganda during the Fascist Occupation (1935-1941) -- Sports and 'New Man' Fantasies -- Sports News and the Emerging Fascist Press in Ethiopia -- Sports' Civilizing Mission -- Of Cycling Races, Football Matches, and Athletics -- Cycling and the Production of Heroes -- Football's Moral Value -- Working Out the Nobility -- Standardization and the Production of Segregated Sportscapes -- 3 - Urban Leisure, Institutionalized PE, and the Re-establishment of Boy Scouting (1940s-1960s) -- Reconfiguring Urban Sportscapes -- Of Open Fields and Swimming Pools -- Clubbing and Sporting -- Anchoring Athletics in Education -- The Department of Physical Education and Boy Scouting -- The Training of PE Teachers -- Ambitious Plans Meet Local Realities -- The Ethiopian Inter-School Athletic Association -- The Boy Scout Association of Ethiopia -- Re-establishment within an International Framework -- 'Be Prepared!' Through Physical Fitness -- Walking the Nation -- 4 - Training Leaders and Athletes:The Ethiopian YMCA (1940s-1970s) -- The 'Y' Comes to Ethiopia -- (Pro)motors of YMCA Sports -- Michel Wassef and the Egyptian Knowledge Transfer -- Sports Development under a Non-Athletic Fraternal Secretary -- Marvin J. Ludwig and the Hey-Days of YMCA Sports -- Desta Girma: Sports under the Ethiopian Secretarial Leadership -- Leadership in Transition -- The Ethiopian YMCAs as Athletic Hot Spot -- Sports Programmes and Facilities -- Access to YMCA Sports.. - Reaching the Next Level -- Beyond Sports Proper -- Muscling In -- Presenting the Muscular YMCA Man through Bodybuilding -- Wrestling at the 'Y' as Style Alternative -- 5 - Sports' Material Infrastructure and the Production of Space (1910s-1970s) -- Educational Institutions as Sports Grounds -- Athletic Facilities and Higher Education -- Of Stadiums and Night Clubs -- Useful Recreation and Fitness for Work -- A Race that Constructs the Nation: The Ethiopian Highland Rally -- 6 - Conclusion and Outlook -- Zemenawīnet through the Lens of Sports -- Ethiopian Modernity and Coloniality -- Modern Sports, the Spiritual, and the Religious in Ethiopian Modernity -- Modern Sports' Influence on Urban Development -- Modern Sports and the Ethiopian 'New Man' -- Further Research Perspectives -- Sports in the Reformed Armed Forces -- Sports and Cold War Politics -- Women in Sports -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index.. - Innovative study of the role of sports in modernity in Africa.
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