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Anxious Joburg : the inner lives of a global south city /
Anxious Joburg is a rigorous, critical new discussion of Johannesburg as a paradigmatic example of a contemporary global South city. It considers localised manifestations of the late capitalist experience of pervasive anxiety as a structuring principle of urban life, and provides snapshots of the da...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Johannesburg :
Wits University Press,
2020.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- FRONT COVER
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- LIST OF FIGURES
- MAPPING ANXIETY IN GREATER JOHANNESBURG
- FOREWORD
- INTRODUCTION: TRAVERSING THE ANXIOUS METROPOLIS
- TAXI DIARIES I: WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN JOBURG?
- 1 'WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER': GLOBAL CITIZEN, VIOLENCE AND ANXIETY IN JOHANNESBURG
- 2 'IT'S NOT NICE TO BE POOR IN JOBURG': COMPENSATED RELATIONSHIPS AS SOCIAL SURVIVAL IN THE CITY
- 3 DRIVING, CYCLING AND IDENTITY IN JOHANNESBURG
- TAXI DIARIES II: TRAVELLING WHILE FEMALE
- 4 'THE WHITE CENTRELINE VANISHES': FRAGILITY AND ANXIETY IN THE ELUSIVE METROPOLIS
- 5 UGLY NOO-NOOS AND SUBURBAN NIGHTMARES
- 6 THE UNRULY IN THE ANODYNE: NATURE IN GATED COMMUNITIES
- 7 THE CHINATOWN BACK ROOM: THE AFTERLIFE OF APARTHEID ARCHITECTURES
- 8 SHIFTING TOPOGRAPHIES OF THE ANXIOUS CITY
- 9 PHOTOGRAPHY AND RELIGION IN ANXIOUS JOBURG
- 10 MAROONED: SEEKING ASYLUM AS A TRANSGENDER PERSON IN JOHANNESBURG
- 11 EVERYDAY URBANISMS OF FEAR IN JOHANNESBURG'S PERIPHERY: THE CASE OF SOL PLAATJE SETTLEMENT
- 12 INNER-CITY ANXIETIES: FEAR OF CRIME, GETTING BY AND DISCONNECTED URBAN LIVES
- TAXI DIARIES III: AND NOW YOU ARE IN JOBURG
- AFTERWORD: URBAN ATMOSPHERES
- CONTRIBUTORS
- INDEX
- BACK COVER