Towards understanding: antisemitism and the contested uses and meanings of 'Yid' in English football.
This article addresses an omission in the currently brief body of work on antisemitism in football and contributes to and advances wider sociological debates in the sub-disciplines of race and ethnicity, religion, linguistics and sport. The article examines antisemitic discourse in English football...
| Published in: | Ethnic & Racial Studies Vol. 39; no. 11; pp. 1981 - 2002 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2016
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