03324nam 2200601 450 991034605560332120221125000804.03-7328-4797-73-8376-4797-83-8394-4797-610.14361/9783839447970(CKB)4100000009350463(OAPEN)1005788(DE-B1597)521869(OCoLC)1121052374(DE-B1597)9783839447970(MiAaPQ)EBC6637436(Au-PeEL)EBL6637436(OCoLC)1276856616(transcript Verlag)9783839447970(MiAaPQ)EBC6956074(Au-PeEL)EBL6956074(EXLCZ)99410000000935046320221125d2019 uy 0enguuuuu---auuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCities of entanglements social life in Johannesburg and Maputo through ethnographic comparison /Barbara Heer1st ed.Bielefeld, Germany :Transcript Verlag,[2019]©20191 online resource (340 pages)Urban StudiesIncludes bibliographical references.Frontmatter 1 Content 5 Acknowledgements 7 Introduction 9 Navigating Belonging? 45 Intimate Encounters? 81 A Politics of Loss? 119 A Politics of Proximity? 147 Building Communities? 191 Spaces of Freedom? 221 Closing Remarks 271 Postscript: Entangled Comparers 277 Bibliography 303How do people live together in cities shaped by inequality? This comparative ethnography of two African cities, Maputo and Johannesburg, presents a new narrative about social life in cities often described as sharply divided. Based on the ethnography of entangled lives unfolding in a township and in a suburb in Johannesburg, in a bairro and in an elite neighborhood in Maputo, the book includes case studies of relations between domestic workers and their employers, failed attempts by urban elites to close off their neighborhoods, and entanglements emerging in religious spaces and in shopping malls. Systematizing comparison as an experience-based method, the book makes an important contribution to urban anthropology, comparative urbanism and urban studies.»This very well-written book [...] addresses a number of critical questions to both urban studies and anthropology in doing so. This capacity and willingness to engage conventions within the two disciplines makes the book important, highly readable, and valuable to scholars well beyond those interested in the cities of Maputo and Johannesburg.« Bjorn Enge Bertelsen, Anthropos, 115 (2020) Besprochen in: ORLIS, 1 (2020) www.kommunalweb.de, 1 (2020)Urban StudiesUrban anthropologyUrban anthropology.960.33LB 72585rvkHeer Barbara1982-962057Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)fndhttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fndMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910346055603321Cities of Entanglements2181268UNINA