Cities of Entanglements : Social Life in Johannesburg and Maputo Through Ethnographic Comparison /

How do people live together in cities shaped by inequality? This comparative ethnography of two African cities, Maputo and Johannesburg, presents a new narrative about social life in cities often described as sharply divided. Based on the ethnography of entangled lives unfolding in a township and in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Heer, Barbara, 1982- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : transcript-Verlag, [2019]
Colección:Urban Studies.
Temas:
Communities. Classes. Races.
Africa.
City.
Diversity.
Enclaves.
Encounter.
Entanglements.
Ethnology.
Johannesburg.
Maputo.
Mozambique.
Neighbourhood.
Segregation.
Shopping Malls.
Sociology.
South Africa.
Urban Religion.
Urban Studies.
Urbanity.
Urban communities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Content
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Navigating Belonging?
  • Intimate Encounters?
  • A Politics of Loss?
  • A Politics of Proximity?
  • Building Communities?
  • Spaces of Freedom?
  • Closing Remarks
  • Postscript: Entangled Comparers
  • Bibliography

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