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Title:

The race to transform : sport in post-apartheid South Africa / edited by Ashwin Desai.

Publisher:

HSRC Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

vii, 271 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Sports--South Africa.
Sports--Political aspects--South Africa.
Sports and state--South Africa.
Cricket--Political aspects--South Africa.
Soccer--Political aspects--South Africa.
Rugby football--Political aspects--South Africa.
Athletics--Political aspects--South Africa.

Other Authors:

Desai, Ashwin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Introduction: The long run to freedom / Ashwin Desai -- Creepy crawlies: portapools and the dam(n)s of swimming transformation / Ashwin Desai and Ahmed Veriava -- Inside 'the House of Pain': a case study of the Jaguars Rugby Club / Ashwin Desai and Zayn Nabbi -- 'Transformation' from above: the upside-down state of contemporary South African soccer / Dale T. McKinley -- Women's bodies and the world of football in South Africa / Prishani Naidoo and Zanele Muholi -- Jumping over hurdles: a political analysis of transformation measures in South African athletics / Justin van der Merwe -- Beyond the nation?: colour and class in South African cricket / Ashwin Desai and Goolam Vahed -- Between black and white: a case study of the KwaZulu-Natal Cricket Union / Goolam Vahed, Vishnu Padayachee and Ashwin Desai.

ISBN:

0796923191
9780796923196

OCLC:

(OCoLC)612322635

LCCN:

2010486121

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)