Running as a resource of hope? Voices from Eldoret

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Title:	Running as a resource of hope? Voices from Eldoret
Authors:	Jarvie, Grant Sikes, Michelle
Year:	2012
Periodical:	Review of African Political Economy (ISSN 0305-6244)
Volume:	39
Issue:	134
Pages:	629-644
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Kenya
Subjects:	athletics livelihoods women
External link:	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03056244.2012.738416
Abstract:	There is a continuing debate about East African running success. Few studies have considered wealth as a key motivation behind wanting to run. This article focuses upon the motivations of Kenyan women who choose to participate in professional running and the impact on them, their families and wider communities. Much of the fieldwork for this study took place in and around the town of Eldoret. It encourages researchers interested in sport in Africa to develop a political economy approach to running and to critically evaluate the claims made for sport as a resource of hope. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. in English and French. [Journal abstract]