Dani Alves’ Response to Racism on the Soccer Field Goes Viral
After Alves picks up a banana thrown at him at eats it (watch it here) sparking a social media campaign with the slogan “We are all monkeys.” Unbeknownst to Alves, teammate Neymar had been planning such a campaign already as a response to his experiences...
Project MUSE – German Soccer, the 2010 World Cup, and Multicultural Belonging
Project MUSE – German Soccer, the 2010 World Cup, and Multicultural Belonging The celebrations of the “multicultural” German national soccer team for the 2010 World Cup and the subsequent declaration of the failure of German multiculturalism reveal complex...From sex shacks to mega-brothels: The politics of anti-trafficking and the 2006 soccer World Cup
From sex shacks to mega-brothels: The politics of anti-trafficking and the 2006 soccer World Cup From sex shacks to mega-brothels: The politics of anti-trafficking and the 2006 soccer World Cup Abstract This article examines the discourses of forced prostitution that...Book
Violence and Gender in the "New" Europe: Islam in German Culture
"Weber's study undertakes a much-needed comprehensive investigation of the contemporary 'regime of gender violence,' that is, the key role violence has played in defining the position of Muslims in the German public sphere (in the larger European context). Through nuanced theorizing as well as careful historical contextualization, Weber develops an intersectional framework for analyzing gendered violence in a way that does not reinforce racialized discourses of cultural and/or religious difference." [more...]
Palgrave Macmillan, January 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-00708-7, ISBN10: 1-137-00708-7
252 pages.