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Table of Contents
Front Cover
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Notes on Transliteration, Titles, Currency, and the Ethiopian Calendar
Introduction
1
The Emergence of Ethiopia's Modern Sports Scene (1900-1935)
Urbanization, Labour, and Leisure
The Establishment of Physical Education in Modern Schools
Climbing, Running, and Fighting
2
Sports and Propaganda during the Fascist Occupation (1935-1941)
Sports and 'New Man' Fantasies
Sports News and the Emerging Fascist Press in Ethiopia
Sports' Civilizing Mission
Of Cycling Races, Football Matches, and Athletics
Cycling and the Production of Heroes
Football's Moral Value
Working Out the Nobility
Standardization and the Production of Segregated Sportscapes
3
Urban Leisure, Institutionalized PE, and the Re-establishment of Boy Scouting (1940s-1960s)
Reconfiguring Urban Sportscapes
Of Open Fields and Swimming Pools
Clubbing and Sporting
Anchoring Athletics in Education
The Department of Physical Education and Boy Scouting
The Training of PE Teachers
Ambitious Plans Meet Local Realities
The Ethiopian Inter-School Athletic Association
The Boy Scout Association of Ethiopia
Re-establishment within an International Framework
'Be Prepared!' Through Physical Fitness
Walking the Nation
4
Training Leaders and Athletes:The Ethiopian YMCA (1940s-1970s)
The 'Y' Comes to Ethiopia
(Pro)motors of YMCA Sports
Michel Wassef and the Egyptian Knowledge Transfer
Sports Development under a Non-Athletic Fraternal Secretary
Marvin J. Ludwig and the Hey-Days of YMCA Sports
Desta Girma: Sports under the Ethiopian Secretarial Leadership
Leadership in Transition
The Ethiopian YMCAs as Athletic Hot Spot
Sports Programmes and Facilities
Access to YMCA Sports
Reaching the Next Level
Beyond Sports Proper
Muscling In
Presenting the Muscular YMCA Man through Bodybuilding
Wrestling at the 'Y' as Style Alternative
5
Sports' Material Infrastructure and the Production of Space (1910s-1970s)
Educational Institutions as Sports Grounds
Athletic Facilities and Higher Education
Of Stadiums and Night Clubs
Useful Recreation and Fitness for Work
A Race that Constructs the Nation: The Ethiopian Highland Rally
6
Conclusion and Outlook
Zemenawīnet through the Lens of Sports
Ethiopian Modernity and Coloniality
Modern Sports, the Spiritual, and the Religious in Ethiopian Modernity
Modern Sports' Influence on Urban Development
Modern Sports and the Ethiopian 'New Man'
Further Research Perspectives
Sports in the Reformed Armed Forces
Sports and Cold War Politics
Women in Sports
Bibliography
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Index
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Notes on Transliteration, Titles, Currency, and the Ethiopian Calendar
Introduction
1
The Emergence of Ethiopia's Modern Sports Scene (1900-1935)
Urbanization, Labour, and Leisure
The Establishment of Physical Education in Modern Schools
Climbing, Running, and Fighting
2
Sports and Propaganda during the Fascist Occupation (1935-1941)
Sports and 'New Man' Fantasies
Sports News and the Emerging Fascist Press in Ethiopia
Sports' Civilizing Mission
Of Cycling Races, Football Matches, and Athletics
Cycling and the Production of Heroes
Football's Moral Value
Working Out the Nobility
Standardization and the Production of Segregated Sportscapes
3
Urban Leisure, Institutionalized PE, and the Re-establishment of Boy Scouting (1940s-1960s)
Reconfiguring Urban Sportscapes
Of Open Fields and Swimming Pools
Clubbing and Sporting
Anchoring Athletics in Education
The Department of Physical Education and Boy Scouting
The Training of PE Teachers
Ambitious Plans Meet Local Realities
The Ethiopian Inter-School Athletic Association
The Boy Scout Association of Ethiopia
Re-establishment within an International Framework
'Be Prepared!' Through Physical Fitness
Walking the Nation
4
Training Leaders and Athletes:The Ethiopian YMCA (1940s-1970s)
The 'Y' Comes to Ethiopia
(Pro)motors of YMCA Sports
Michel Wassef and the Egyptian Knowledge Transfer
Sports Development under a Non-Athletic Fraternal Secretary
Marvin J. Ludwig and the Hey-Days of YMCA Sports
Desta Girma: Sports under the Ethiopian Secretarial Leadership
Leadership in Transition
The Ethiopian YMCAs as Athletic Hot Spot
Sports Programmes and Facilities
Access to YMCA Sports
Reaching the Next Level
Beyond Sports Proper
Muscling In
Presenting the Muscular YMCA Man through Bodybuilding
Wrestling at the 'Y' as Style Alternative
5
Sports' Material Infrastructure and the Production of Space (1910s-1970s)
Educational Institutions as Sports Grounds
Athletic Facilities and Higher Education
Of Stadiums and Night Clubs
Useful Recreation and Fitness for Work
A Race that Constructs the Nation: The Ethiopian Highland Rally
6
Conclusion and Outlook
Zemenawīnet through the Lens of Sports
Ethiopian Modernity and Coloniality
Modern Sports, the Spiritual, and the Religious in Ethiopian Modernity
Modern Sports' Influence on Urban Development
Modern Sports and the Ethiopian 'New Man'
Further Research Perspectives
Sports in the Reformed Armed Forces
Sports and Cold War Politics
Women in Sports
Bibliography
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Index