{"product_id":"9781350579774","title":"Ghana’s Black Queens The Women Who Made Football in the Postcolonial Nation","description":"\u003ch1\u003eGhana’s Black Queens\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Women Who Made Football in the Postcolonial Nation\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAnima Adjepong\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Sociology \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFocusing on women's football in Ghana, this book tells the universal story of women's struggle for full and equal citizenship from a uniquely African and postcolonial perspective.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Exploring themes of gender, sexuality, national identity, and culture, \u003ci\u003eGhana's Black Queens\u003c\/i\u003e situates women's football in Ghana within the context of international, national, and local politics, to show how FIFA's decision to establish the Women's World Cup in 1991 had direct implications on a burgeoning women's football landscape that had previously been ignored by the Ghana Football Administration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A focus on the tenacity of the administrators, journalists and pioneering players who helped to establish a national women's football league in the postcolonial nation shows how African women launched an indigenous struggle against gender inequality, negotiated with heterosexual patriarchy, and navigated through transnational capital. With insights from in-depth interviews, newspaper and personal archives, and ethnography at matches around the country, \u003ci\u003eGhana's Black Queens \u003c\/i\u003epaints a vibrant picture of the struggles and successes of the athletes and administrators who helped to make women's football a reality in the postcolonial nation, and the implications of their efforts on the sporting landscape today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGhana's Black Queens\u003c\/i\u003e is a sociologically rich text that allows readers to draw broad connections between the immediate story and the larger struggle for women's equality within the world of soccer and beyond. At the heart of this story lies the possibility of a queer feminist African nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAnima Adjepong\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Cincinnati, USA. They are the author of \u003ci\u003eAfropolitan Projects: Redefining Blackness, Sexualities and Culture from Houston to Accra\u003c\/i\u003e and founder of Silent Majority, Ghana, a nonprofit that engages indigenous Ghanaian knowledge and collective organizing to champion queer freedom in Ghana.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29 April 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350579774\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e192\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51522034434188,"sku":"9781350579774","price":81.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_7c06f7fe-6c8f-4294-8e75-4db4444792da.jpg?v=1784754148","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350579774","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}