Excellent4.8 out of 5On Trustpilot
  1. Christian Books/
  2. The Church

Bookmark this item

The Precarity of Masculinity: Football, Pentecostalism, and Transnational Aspirations in Cameroon

  • Hardback
  • 220 pages
  • Publisher: Berghahn Books
  • 15.2 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm

£115.77

Free UK Delivery

Available - Usually dispatched within 5 days

Buying for a Church or School? Get 10% off every order and Buy Now Pay Later
An Eden warehouse team member picking orders in Chester

Every order is picked and packed with care by our warehouse team in Chester

Living Wage Employer

Bookmark this item

For students of sociology and global mission

Explains the link between sports and local faith

Understand the intersection of faith and ambition

Discover how young Cameroonian men use football and Pentecostal faith to navigate their aspirations and economic uncertainty.

Our Mission

Equipping you for life's journey with Jesus:

  • Now a team of 60 – we've been serving the Church since 2004
  • Together we've raised over £1,000,000 for UK Christian charities
  • 25,000 churches are using the Eden Plus account
An Eden team member standing among warehouse book shelves

Since the 1990s, an increasing number of young men in Cameroon have aspired to play football as a career and a strategy to migrate abroad. Migration through the sport promises fulfillment of masculine dreams of sports stardom, as well as opportunities to earn a living that have been hollowed out by the country's long economic stalemate. The aspiring footballers are increasingly turning to Pentecostal Christianity, which allows them to challenge common tropes of young men as stubborn and promiscuous, while also offering a moral and bodily regime that promises success despite the odds. Yet the transnational sports market is tough and unpredictable: it demands disciplined young bodies and introduces new forms of uncertainty. This book unpacks young Cameroonians' football dreams, Pentecostal faith, obligations to provide, and desires to migrate to highlight the precarity of masculinity in structurally adjusted Africa and neoliberal capitalism.
The Precarity of Masculinity: Football, Pentecostalism, and Transnational Aspirations in Cameroon and This is My Beloved Son
This is My Beloved SonThe Precarity of Masculinity: Football, Pentecostalism, and Transnational Aspirations in Cameroon

  • Title

    The Precarity of Masculinity: Football, Pentecostalism, and Transnational Aspirations in Cameroon

  • Author

    Uros Kovac

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Berghahn Books

  • Published

    March 2022

  • Weight

    427g

  • Page Count

    220

  • Dimensions

    15.2 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9781789209273

  • ISBN-10

    1789209277

  • Eden Code

    5607996