1st Edition
An Ethnography of Football and Masculinities in Jamaica Letting the Football Talk
By William Tantam
Copyright 2019
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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What can football among young men in Jamaica tell us about class, wealth, age, and concepts of masculinity? William Tantam presents an ethnographic study of the impact of football on men's lives in contemporary Jamaica. He illuminates how the football field relates to social and economic inequalities, and whether playing football in a mixed group has the effect of levelling the playing field... Read more
Introduction Player Profile: Cavin 1. The Jamaican Football Context: From the Plantation to Schoolboy Football Player Profile: Freddy 2. Shifting Boundaries: The Rules of the FieldPlayer Profile: Mr Bennett 3. The Pass: Older Players and Embodying Middle Class Etiquette Player Profile: Peter 4. The Salad: Younger Players and the Trick as a Tactic of ResistancePlayer Profile: Doc 5. Watching Football: Locating Jamaica within the World of Football Player Profile: Terry Conclusion Bibliography Notes Index
Biography
William Tantam is Postdoctoral Fellow in Caribbean Studies at the Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of London, UK.
