De l’économie politique à l’économie de la différence corporelle. Représentations du spectacle sportif dans l’imaginaire de la jeunesse africaine

Authors

Jean Sob, Université de Yaoundé I

Abstract

Today’s African youth have chosen the economy of corporal performance over political economy, as a way of reconquering the dignity that was lost to them lost in the collapse of African countries. The undeniable success of African athletes all over the world has given rise to diverse representations in people’s imaginations: while young Africans consider sports to be a unique way of gaining both national and international recognition, a particular strain of racism in Western countries would use black athletes to procure certain warm and reassuring emotions for “civilized” populations frozen into the permafrost of consumer society.

Recommended Citation

Sob, Jean (2006) "De l’économie politique à l’économie de la différence corporelle. Représentations du spectacle sportif dans l’imaginaire de la jeunesse africaine," Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature: Vol. 66: No. 1, Article 10.
Available at: https://crossworks.holycross.edu/pf/vol66/iss1/10