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Street life under a roof : youth homelessness in South Africa /
Point Place stands near the city centre of Durban, South Africa. Condemned and off the grid, the five-story apartment building is nonetheless home to a hundred-plus teenagers and young adults marginalised by poverty and chronic unemployment. In this work, Emily Margaretten draws on ten years of up-c...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Urbana, IL :
University of Illinois Press,
©2015.
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| Colección: | Interpretations of culture in the new millennium.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Point Place stands near the city centre of Durban, South Africa. Condemned and off the grid, the five-story apartment building is nonetheless home to a hundred-plus teenagers and young adults marginalised by poverty and chronic unemployment. In this work, Emily Margaretten draws on ten years of up-close fieldwork to explore the distinct cultural universe of the Point Place community. Her sensitive investigations reveal how young men and women draw on customary notions of respect and support to forge an ethos of connection and care that allows them to live far richer lives than ordinarily assumed. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 213 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780252097690 0252097696 0252039602 9780252039607 0252081110 9780252081118 |