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.