Essays about: "postcolonial sports"

Found 3 essays containing the words postcolonial sports.

  1. 1. Elements of Postcolonialism in Sportswashing: A thematic discourse analysis of FIFA in the context of the World Cup in Qatar of 2022

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Melker Nielsen; Johan Dahl; [2023]
    Keywords : FIFA; Gianni Infantino; Orient; Postcolonialism; Qatar; Sportswashing; West; Whataboutism; World cup; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The study aims to demonstrate to what extent speeches, Instagram posts and LinkedIn posts of Gianni Infantino, as the main representative of FIFA, have been marked by elements of Postcolonialism and sportswashing to influence the acceptance of the FIFA World Cup of 2022 in Qatar. The result of this study indicates that FIFA’s rhetoric is marked by Postcolonial elements. READ MORE

  3. 2. Sports of Empire: Squash as Signifier in V.S. Naipaul’s A Bend in the River

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Timothy Kääriä; [2018-06-12]
    Keywords : engelska; Squash; V.S. Naipaul; A Bend in the River; postcolonial literature; postcolonial sports; Africa; sports in literature; sports and empire; English sports;

    Abstract : The protagonist of V.S. Naipaul’s 1979 novel A Bend in the River is an ethnic Indian living in Africa as part of an expatriate community of traders in the city at the bend in the river. He sympathises with the Western world, listens to BBC Radio, and tries very hard to distance himself and show himself as different from the native Africans. READ MORE

  4. 3. "The Speciesism Gaze!?" : An ethical discursive analysis of animal right posters from a postcolonial, eco-critical and new materialist feminist perspective.

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för sociala och psykologiska studier

    Author : Lena Johansson; [2017]
    Keywords : speciesism gaze; sexism; racism; grievability; killability; species necropolitics; anthropocentrism; androcentrism; anthropocene; intertextuality; intersectionality; eco-critical; new materialism feminism; post humanities; animal rights; blicken av speciesism; rasism; antropocentrism; androcentrism; antropocen; intertextualitet; intersektionalitet; eko-kritisk; djurs rätt;

    Abstract : Our western society and lifestyle is to a considerable extent depended on the way we perceive and treat our co-existing non-human species. Industrial farming, vivisection, sports, circuses etcetera are just a few examples of how human use and exploit animal bodies for own gain. READ MORE