The rules of the game
Subtitle: struggles in black recreation and social welfare policy in South Africa
By: Alan Gregor Cobley.
Series: Contributions in Afro-American and African studies,; no. 182
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
Subjects: Social service -- South Africa.; Recreation -- South Africa.; Blacks -- South Africa -- Social conditions.; Blacks -- South Africa -- Recreation.; South Africa -- Social policy.
Description: Five case studies explore the policy of social activity for blacks during the era of apartheid. They are African sport and the struggle for urban space; the politics of reading: literacy, consciousness, and the development of library services for blacks; maids and mesdames: contested objectives in social welfare programs for African women; social drinking, drunkenness, and temperance among the African middle class; and socialization, subordination, and the rise of the social work profession among blacks. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-169) and index.