'One of the lads'? Dual ethnicity and assimilated ethnicities in the careers of British Asian professional footballers

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 757-779

  Burdsey, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British Asians; Cultural assimilation; Cultural capital; Dual ethnicity; Football; Oral testimony

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; ETHNICITY; RACIAL DISPARITY; SPORT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 4344565715     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141987042000246336     Document Type: Article

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