Football as code : the social diffusion of soccer in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorHill, Lloyd Bennett
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-17T13:44:09Z
dc.date.available2012-12-31T22:10:06Z
dc.date.issued2010-03
dc.descriptionOriginal article can by found at http://www.tandfonline.comen_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis essay explores the processes associated with the emergence of rugby and soccer as distinct ‘sporting codes’ in South Africa. Beginning with an elaboration of the concept of ‘sporting code’, the author traces in broad brush strokes the events that transformed the two English codes into new forms of cultural capital in transnational sporting fields. Set against this wider context, the focus then shifts to the ‘social diffusion’ of rugby and soccer in the territories that would subsequently constitute the South African state. It is argued that between 1859 and the discovery of gold in 1886 rugby and soccer emerged in two relatively distinct fields, centred on the British Cape and Natal colonies. The essay then explores the stratification of these fields, following the establishment of the Union of South Africa in 1910. Particular attention is given to the relative status of rugby and soccer in the colonial education systems and in the post-1910 national education system.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPost-printen_ZA
dc.embargo.terms2012-12-31en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHill, l. 2010. Football as code: the social diffusion of ‘soccer’ in South Africa. Soccer and Society, 11(1-2), 12-28, doi:10.1080/14660970903331300.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1743-9590 online
dc.identifier.otherDOI: 10.1080/14660970903331300
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/16216
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_ZA
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Groupen_ZA
dc.rights.holderRoutledgeen_ZA
dc.rights.holderTaylor & Francis groupen_ZA
dc.subjectSoccer -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectFootball -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectSporting code -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.titleFootball as code : the social diffusion of soccer in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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