A home away from home: football and the street in a South African township
dc.contributor.author | Grønlund, Jo | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-03-31T09:16:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-03-31T09:16:47Z | |
dc.date.created | 2019-11-04T13:35:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Critical African Studies. 2019, 11 (2). | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2168-1392 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2649611 | |
dc.description.abstract | rassroots football in Soweto is peculiar – played in public, but suspended in ideas of confined protection. Physically situated in the midst of treacherous streets, but understood through concepts of safety and security. In a desire to navigate life in the precarious conditions of the South African township, young footballers lean on authoritative structures, as well as being caught in them, in a search for identity, and in an effort to draw a much-needed demarcation line between wholesome activity and unwanted conduct. From a ground up perspective, I pose new questions relating to how the conceptualization of local football structures activity, coordinates social control and offers a framework for a desired dependency in the urban, Global South. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.title | A home away from home: football and the street in a South African township | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.description.version | acceptedVersion | en_US |
dc.source.pagenumber | 15 | en_US |
dc.source.volume | 11 | en_US |
dc.source.journal | Critical African Studies | en_US |
dc.source.issue | 2 | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/21681392.2019.1613900 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1743849 | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 |