ISBN:
1-84701-292-2/(hardcover)
,
978-1-84701-292-0/(hardcover)
Language:
English
Pages:
xvi, 219 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Eastern Africa Series 53
Keywords:
Äthiopien Sport
;
Gesellschaft, moderne
;
Urbanisation
;
Modernisierung
;
Imperialismus
;
Propaganda
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
Sports in Ethiopia was always more than a means of useful recreation. It was also a way to enjoy and define fun, as new modes of behaviour emerged that showed what it meant to be a modern man or woman. This book is the first academic study of the history of modern sports in Ethiopia during the imperial rule of the twentieth century. Showing how agents, ideas and practices linked societal improvement and bodily improvement, this innovative study argues thatmodern sports offers new possibilities to explore the meanings of modernity in Africa.Drawing on written and oral sources in Amharic, Tigrinya, English, French, German and Italian, Bromber provides an in-depth analysis of the role of sports in modern educational institutions, volunteer organizations and urbanization processes. She examines sports' function as a political propaganda tool during the Italian fascist occupation (1935 - 1941), as well as in representations of successful modernization under Haile Selassie (1930 - 1974). The integration into global networks of ideas about the fit colonized body linked Ethiopia, which was never colonized, to the legacy of colonialism. Institutions such as schools, civilian sports clubs, and volunteer organizations were not only loaded with coercive procedures, but instituted modes of behaviour that developed into certain styles and affirmation of the self as well as their contestation. Examining the locations for practising sports in organized forms, informal leisure and practices consumption in Ethiopia, this book contributes to recent debates on the role of sports in the history of urbanization in Africa, as well as those on global modernity.
Description / Table of Contents:
Innovative study of the role of sports in modernity in Africa.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.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 189-212
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