Description
Ashwin Desai digs deep into this history, bringing to life those who inspired and played the game when Wentworth was nothing more than a jumble of shacks and whitewashed blocks of flats, watched over by plumes of smoke from local factories that blackened the sky and slowly poisoned the body. The book's power comes from its ability to keep its focus on soccer while situating the game in the broader social relations, as geography and history, spatial and temporal meld into a beguiling narrative. Page after page reveals writing of haunting power and sensitivity as memories are cajoled from ageing soccer legends and the interior lives of families are illuminated. It is an evocative exemplar of how community history should be brought to life.
About the Author
Ashwin Desai is Professor of Sociology at the University of Johannesburg. Among his books on sport are an edited collection, The Race to Transform: Sport in Post-Apartheid South Africa and Reverse Sweep: A Story of South African Cricket Since Apartheid.
Book Information
ISBN 9781869144463
Author Ashwin Desai
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint University of KwaZulu-Natal Press
Publisher University of KwaZulu-Natal Press
Weight(grams) 500g