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Autore |
Kihato C |
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Titolo |
Migrant Women of Johannesburg [[electronic resource] ] : Everyday Life in an In-Between City / / by C. Kihato |
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New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-349-45299-8 |
1-137-29997-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2013.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (197 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ethnology—Africa |
Emigration and immigration |
Sociology, Urban |
Sociology |
African Culture |
Migration |
Urban Studies/Sociology |
Sociology, general |
Gender Studies |
Johannesburg (South Africa) Emigration and immigration |
Johannesburg (South Africa) Social conditions |
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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 contenuto |
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Introduction: welcome to Hillbrow, you will find your people here -- Here I am nobody: rethinking urban governance, in the age of mobility -- Between Pharaoh's army and the Red Sea: social mobility and social death in the context of women's migration -- Turning the home inside-out - private space and everyday politics -- The station, camp and refugee: xenophobic violence and the city -- Conclusion: ways of seeing: migrant women in the liminal city. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Through rich stories of African migrant women in Johannesburg, this book explores the experience of living between geographies. Author Caroline Kihato draws on fieldwork and analysis to examine the |
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