Home Spaces, Street Styles : Contesting Power and Identity in a South African City.
Bank, Leslie J.
Home Spaces, Street Styles : Contesting Power and Identity in a South African City. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (287 pages) - Anthropology, Culture and Society Series . - Anthropology, Culture and Society Series .
Bank.pdf -- Cover -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Series Preface -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- 1. Towards an Anthropology of Urbanism -- 2. The Xhosa in Town Revisited -- 3. Modernism, Space and Identity -- 4. Rebellion, Fractured Urbanism and the Fear of Fire -- 5. The Style of the Comrades -- 6. Changing Migrant Cultures -- 7. Re-modelling the House: Gender and the Politics of Domestic Desire -- 8. The Rhythms of the Yards -- 9. Post-Apartheid Suburb or Hyper-Ghetto -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Revisits a classic anthropological study of urban South Africa, updated through the post-apartheid period.
9781849645959
Acculturation -- South Africa -- East London.
Post-apartheid era -- South Africa -- East London.
Urbanization -- South Africa -- East London.
Xhosa (African people).
East London (South Africa) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
East London (South Africa) -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Electronic books.
DT1768.X57 -- B36 2011eb
304.2309687555
Home Spaces, Street Styles : Contesting Power and Identity in a South African City. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (287 pages) - Anthropology, Culture and Society Series . - Anthropology, Culture and Society Series .
Bank.pdf -- Cover -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Series Preface -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- 1. Towards an Anthropology of Urbanism -- 2. The Xhosa in Town Revisited -- 3. Modernism, Space and Identity -- 4. Rebellion, Fractured Urbanism and the Fear of Fire -- 5. The Style of the Comrades -- 6. Changing Migrant Cultures -- 7. Re-modelling the House: Gender and the Politics of Domestic Desire -- 8. The Rhythms of the Yards -- 9. Post-Apartheid Suburb or Hyper-Ghetto -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Revisits a classic anthropological study of urban South Africa, updated through the post-apartheid period.
9781849645959
Acculturation -- South Africa -- East London.
Post-apartheid era -- South Africa -- East London.
Urbanization -- South Africa -- East London.
Xhosa (African people).
East London (South Africa) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
East London (South Africa) -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Electronic books.
DT1768.X57 -- B36 2011eb
304.2309687555