Sport, national identity, and media discourse over foreign athletes in Israel

Nationalism and Ethnic Politics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 483-503

  Shor, Eran ^a   Yonay, Yuval ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; LANGUAGE; NATIONAL IDENTITY; NATIONALISM; RELIGION; SPORT;

ISRAEL;

EID: 78650259043     PISSN: 13537113     EISSN: 15572986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13537113.2010.527239     Document Type: Article

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