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Home Spaces, Street Styles : Contesting Power and Identity in a South African City.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Anthropology, Culture and Society SeriesPublisher: London : Pluto Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (287 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781849645959
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Home Spaces, Street StylesDDC classification:
  • 304.2309687555
LOC classification:
  • DT1768.X57 -- B36 2011eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: Revisits a classic anthropological study of urban South Africa, updated through the post-apartheid period.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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