Game fences in the Karoo: Reconfiguring spatial and social relations

Journal of Contemporary African Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 220-237

  Brandt, Femke ^a   Spierenburg, Marja ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

game farming; labour relations; land reform; nature conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906100604     PISSN: 02589001     EISSN: 14699397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02589001.2014.925300     Document Type: Article

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