Races to consume: Revisiting South Africa's history of race, consumption and the struggle for freedom

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-175

  Posel, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apartheid; Consumerism; Consumption; Liberation; Post apartheid; Race

Indexed keywords

APARTHEID; GOVERNMENT; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LIBERALISM; RACE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 74349130612     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870903428505     Document Type: Article

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