A post-fordist ethnicity: Insecurity, authority, and identity in South Africa

Anthropological Quarterly

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 397-427

  White, Hylton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Post Fordism; South Africa; Youth; Zulu

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861648929     PISSN: 00035491     EISSN: 15341518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/anq.2012.0033     Document Type: Article

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