Marc Fletcher
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 6723683 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Marc Fletcher |
| PRENOMES | Marc |
| SOBRENOME | Fletcher |
| ASSINATURA | FLETCHER M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Johannesburg |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 4 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 5 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 4 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2009 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2015 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
‘Today you are not a white man, you are a Black Man’
While whiteness studies often begin from the assumption that being ‘white’ means having access to an unspoken centre of power, the third wave of whiteness studies focuses on nuanced forms of whiteness. In the post-apartheid context, various discursive strategies are employed by South African whites to retain privilege. Yet whiteness is also constructed spatially. Through an autoethnographic methodology, the paper explores the ‘inauthentic whitene…
More than vuvuzelas? Towards an understanding of soccer fandom in Johannesburg
The vuvuzela, a one metre-long plastic horn commonly found at South African domestic football matches, was a controversial issue for television viewers watching the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa as the broadcasters struggled to manage the droning sound of the horns. FIFA president Sepp Blatter and the local organizing committee defended vuvuzelas, with Blatter declaring that the horn ‘is what African and South African football is all about’…
African sport in the global arena
You must support Chiefs; Pirates already have two white fans! ’
This essay explores the salience of race in South African football fandom and society through an analysis of the racial discourses surrounding Manchester United’s 2008 pre‐season tour of South Africa. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, the case studies of Kaizer Chiefs and Manchester United supporter clubs in Johannesburg bring into sharp relief factors that have engendered stark divisions in South African fandom. Issues of class and the …
You must support Chiefs; Pirates already have two white fans! ’
This essay explores the salience of race in South African football fandom and society through an analysis of the racial discourses surrounding Manchester United’s 2008 pre‐season tour of South Africa. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, the case studies of Kaizer Chiefs and Manchester United supporter clubs in Johannesburg bring into sharp relief factors that have engendered stark divisions in South African fandom. Issues of class and the …
You must support Chiefs; Pirates already have two white fans! ’
This essay explores the salience of race in South African football fandom and society through an analysis of the racial discourses surrounding Manchester United’s 2008 pre‐season tour of South Africa. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, the case studies of Kaizer Chiefs and Manchester United supporter clubs in Johannesburg bring into sharp relief factors that have engendered stark divisions in South African fandom. Issues of class and the …
More than vuvuzelas? Towards an understanding of soccer fandom in Johannesburg
The vuvuzela, a one metre-long plastic horn commonly found at South African domestic football matches, was a controversial issue for television viewers watching the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa as the broadcasters struggled to manage the droning sound of the horns. FIFA president Sepp Blatter and the local organizing committee defended vuvuzelas, with Blatter declaring that the horn ‘is what African and South African football is all about’…
African sport in the global arena
‘Today you are not a white man, you are a Black Man’
While whiteness studies often begin from the assumption that being ‘white’ means having access to an unspoken centre of power, the third wave of whiteness studies focuses on nuanced forms of whiteness. In the post-apartheid context, various discursive strategies are employed by South African whites to retain privilege. Yet whiteness is also constructed spatially. Through an autoethnographic methodology, the paper explores the ‘inauthentic whitene…
Gender Studies (4 obras) · Political science (4 obras) · Sociology (4 obras) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (4 obras) · Sports, Gender, and Society (4 obras) · Fandom (3 obras) · Football (3 obras) · Gender Studies (3 obras) · Law (3 obras) · Media studies (3 obras)