Congolese social networks : living on the margins in Muizenberg, Cape Town /

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Congolese Social Networks details the minutiae of transmigrant Congolese men and women's experiences in Muizenberg, Cape Town. The focus on social networks-the creation and maintenance thereof across social boundaries of race, class, gender, and nationality-builds on the skeletal quantitative r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Owen, Joy (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Bokks, [2015]
Temas:
Congolese (Democratic Republic) > South Africa > Cape Town.
Congolese (Democratic Republic) > South Africa > Social conditions.
Congolese (Democratic Republic) diaspora.
Immigrants > Social networks > South Africa > Muizenberg.
Congolais (République démocratique) > Afrique du Sud > Le Cap.
Congolais (République démocratique) > Afrique du Sud > Conditions sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Congolese (Democratic Republic)
Congolese (Democratic Republic) diaspora
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
Immigrants > Social networks
South Africa > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
South Africa
South Africa > Cape Town
South Africa > Muizenberg
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • DRC : a short history of migration
  • Transnational subjects, localized policies
  • Muizenberg, fieldwork and "the other"
  • Settling in and coping
  • Women, social networks, contingency and religion
  • Success guaranteed : economic survival and success through religious patronage
  • Onward and upward : the romance factor
  • Interrogating stereotypes : Donna and Henri
  • Performing Congolese masculinities : Sam and Noel
  • Romantic love or migrant careerism? Michelle and Ghislain, Andrea and Zakia
  • Conclusion.

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