Banal Nationalism, Football, and Discourse Community in Africa

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-41

  Vidacs, Bea ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 84892491088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17549469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9469.2011.01105.x     Document Type: Article

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