Sports and Modernity in Late Imperial Ethiopia.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Woodbridge :
Boydell & Brewer, Limited,
2022.
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| Series: | Foreign and comparative studies. Eastern Africa.
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Table of Contents:
- 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