Established – outsider relations in youth football tournaments: an exploration of transnational power figurations between Scandinavian organizers and African teams

Engh, Mari Haugaa; Agergaard, Sine; Maguire, Joseph

doi:10.1080/14660970.2013.843907

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“…By presenting Africa (in general) as shaped by gender inequality and denial of educational opportunities for women, Jan is implicitly positioning Scandinavia as the opposite. Depictions of Africa as underdeveloped and patriarchal reinforce Scandinavian self-understandings of being benevolent guardians providing migratory opportunities for African escaping poverty (Engh et al., 2013).…”

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“…5 For further analysis of African women’s football migration, please see: Agergaard and Botelho (2013, ‘The way out? African Players’ migration to Scandinavian women’s football’); Engh and Agergaard (2013, ‘Producing mobility through locality and visibility: Developing a transnational perspective on sports labour migration’); Engh et al. (2013, ‘Established–outsider relations in youth football tournaments: An exploration of transnational power figurations between Scandinavian organizers and African teams’).…”

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‘The ball and the rhythm in her blood’: Racialised imaginaries and football migration from Nigeria to Scandinavia

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This article provides an analysis of how Nigerian women migrants are represented and constructed as racial others by officials in the Scandinavian football clubs that recruit and employ them. Situated against scholarship on race, gender, and sport, within and outside the Scandinavian region, we highlight consistencies in stereotypical representations of black athletes. We use theories of racialisation to draw attention to how ideas about race and gender are mutually imbricated in shaping Scandinavian representations of Nigerian women football migrants. Based on interviews with Scandinavian football club officials, and Nigerian women football migrants, we expose and critique the ways in which Nigerian women's migration as professionals, and their competencies as athletes, are constantly undermined by racially inscribed representations.

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“…Subsequently, rather than accentuating a homogeneous portrayal of ethnic minority and immigrant communities, examples of segmentation in the mediated representation of ‘outsider’ groups can assist the assimilation of ‘certain’ outsiders, a process that correspondingly supports established images of the nation (Engh et al, 2013; Falcous and Silk, 2010; Fortier, 2005). Viewed through an established–outsider lens, it is apparent that these debates, and national belonging in general, point towards the discursive management of outsider groups through established discourses.…”

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“…As can be seen, Farah's 'outsider' Somali-heritage was routinely acknowledged within the British press via discourses that sought to highlight his 'difference' (Engh et al, 2013), most notably, his inability to speak English.…”

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“…With regards to the acceptance of outsider groups, Engh et al (2013) note that while 'Partial access and inclusion is granted to outsiders' such inclusion is predicated 'on conditions given by the established ... so as to serve the established group ' (2013: 793). Here, the image of sporting celebrities can be used to help bolster 'the existence of a relatively democratic social system' (Malcolm, 2012(Malcolm, : 1079.…”

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‘As British as fish and chips’: British newspaper representations of Mo Farah during the 2012 London Olympic Games

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That is, rather than simply highlighting how the national press serve to reproduce simple 'us' and 'them' binaries, this article draws upon Elias and Scotson's (1994) established-outsider perspective in order to examine how the discursive construction of the 'nation' rests upon a dynamic process of identifying and managing 'outsider' individuals. As a result, while 'outsider' groups are frequently subjected to negative media portrayals, it is argued that Farah's significance was underscored by discourses that sought to highlight his assimilated Britishness and through his promotion as a symbol of Britain's achieved multiculturalism.

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Conclusion: Some Thoughts on Contemporary Developments

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Established – outsider relations in youth football tournaments: an exploration of transnational power figurations between Scandinavian organizers and African teams

Cited by 14 publications

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‘The ball and the rhythm in her blood’: Racialised imaginaries and football migration from Nigeria to Scandinavia

‘The ball and the rhythm in her blood’: Racialised imaginaries and football migration from Nigeria to Scandinavia

‘As British as fish and chips’: British newspaper representations of Mo Farah during the 2012 London Olympic Games

Conclusion: Some Thoughts on Contemporary Developments

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