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UNINA9910466881003321 |
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Margaretten Emily |
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Titolo |
Street life under a roof : youth homelessness in South Africa / / Emily Margaretten |
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Urbana, [Illinois] : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (233 p.) |
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Collana |
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Interpretations of Culture in the Millennium |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Youth, Black - South Africa |
Marginality, Social - South Africa |
Homeless youth - South Africa |
Homeless teenagers - South Africa |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Shelter hopping -- Standing (K)in -- Love, betrayal, and sexual intimacy -- Love, respect, and masculinity -- Residing with the spectral -- Homecomings. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Point Place stands near the city centre of Durban, South Africa. Condemned and off the grid, the five-story apartment building is nonetheless home to a hundred-plus teenagers and young adults marginalised by poverty and chronic unemployment. In this work, Emily Margaretten draws on ten years of up-close fieldwork to explore the distinct cultural universe of the Point Place community. Her sensitive investigations reveal how young men and women draw on customary notions of respect and support to forge an ethos of connection and care that allows them to live far richer lives than ordinarily assumed. |
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