Local beats to global rhythms: Coloured student identity and negotiations of global cultural imports in Cape Town, South Africa

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 403-419

  Hammett, Daniel ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Coloured identity; Consumerism; Cultural flows; Identity; South Africa; Youth

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; CULTURAL TRADITION; GLOBALIZATION; RACE; STUDENT; YOUNG POPULATION;

AFRICA; CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 67650133509     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649360902853270     Document Type: Article

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