Johannesburg : The Elusive Metropolis /

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Collection of scholarly and creative essays on Johannesburg that focus on the city's modern and cosmopolitan status within Africa and the world.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Mbembe, Achille, 1957-, Nuttall, Sarah
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sociologie urbaine > Afrique du Sud > Johannesburg.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban
Sociology, Urban.
Social conditions.
Civilization.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Sociology, Urban > South Africa > Johannesburg.
Johannesburg
South Africa > Johannesburg.
Johannesburg (South Africa) > Civilization.
Johannesburg (South Africa) > Social conditions.
Aufsatzsammlung.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Aesthetics of superfluity / Achille Mbembe
  • People as infrastructure / AbdouMaliq Simone
  • Stylizing the self / Sarah Nuttall
  • Gandhi, Mandela, and the African modern / Jonathan Hyslop
  • Art Johannesburg and its objects / David Bunn
  • The suffering body of the city / Frodoric Le Marcis
  • Literary city / Sarah Nuttall.

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