Football
The city of Jamaica that was the main setting of research
What is Kingston?
What is Classism?
The age group of the football team that Fuhlbaker worked with.
What is U17/Under 17?
Unorthodox training exercise that was a lot of fun and entertaining to the boys
What is "run towards each other, hold tight, and hug each other"?
Football helps young men avoid two things
What is violence/crime and stress?
What is homophobia?
Research method heavily used within this reading
What is ethnographic research/participant observation?
This Jamaican law criminalizes homosexuality.
What is "Buggery Law"?
The author uses this term to describe spaced that reduce harm but not completely free from danger
What is "Safe(r) space"?
Two of the major social areas of Kingston
What is Uptown and Downtown?
Other than observations, Fuhlbaker collected information from players and parents in this way.
What is informal interviews?
A Jamaican footballer compared physical affection in Germany football culture to Jamaican football culture and said this.
What is "Physical affection is common in Germany but not accepted in Jamaica"?
Football can help young men negotiate and redefine this social expectation
"I stand with Vauxhall" was important for this reason.
What is the challenge to social/class division in Kingston?
Being a white European researcher in Jamaica was an important factor for this reason.
What is her identity affected the interactions/power dynamics in the field?
Football practices challenge hypermasculine norms in Jamaica this way.