Download e-book for iPad: The Black Migrant Athlete: Media, Race, and the Diaspora in by Munene Franjo Mwaniki

The recognition and globalization of activity have resulted in an ever-increasing migration of black athletes from the worldwide South to the U.S. and Western Europe. whereas the hegemonic ideology surrounding game is that it brings various humans jointly and ameliorates social divisions, sociologists of recreation have proven this to be a gross simplification. as an alternative, activity and its narratives frequently reinforce and re-create stereotypes and social obstacles, in particular relating to race and the prowess and the placement of the black athlete. simply because activity is a contested terrain for protecting and not easy racial norms and limits, the black athlete has regularly impacted well known (white) perceptions of blackness in an international manner.


The Black Migrant Athlete analyzes the development of race in Western societies via a learn of the black African migrant athlete. Munene Franjo Mwaniki provides ten black African migrant athletes as a conceptual start line to interrogate the nuances of white supremacy and of the migrant and immigrant adventure with a world standpoint. by utilizing star athletes corresponding to Hakeem Olajuwon, Dikembe Mutombo, and Catherine Ndereba as access issues right into a worldwide discourse, Mwaniki explores how those athletes are wrapped in social and cultural meanings by way of predominately white-owned and -dominated media corporations. Drawing from discourse research and cultural reviews, Mwaniki examines many of the strength family through media texts concerning race, gender, sexuality, category, and nationality.