The play of race in a field of urban desire: Soccer and spontaneity in post-apartheid Johannesburg

Critique of Anthropology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-123

  Worby, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Johannesburg; Race; Soccer; South Africa; Spontaneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 62849094250     PISSN: 0308275X     EISSN: 14603721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308275X08101030     Document Type: Article

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