Landlords and lodgers : socio-spatial organization in an Accra community / / Deborah Pellow

• Autore: Pellow Deborah <1945->
• Pubblicazione: Westport, CT, : Praeger, 2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (271 p.)
• Disciplina: 306/.09667
• Soggetto topico: Human territoriality - Ghana - Accra; Spatial behavior - Ghana - Accra; Hausa (African people) - Ghana - Accra - Social conditions; Muslims - Ghana - Accra - Social conditions
• Soggetto geografico: Accra (Ghana) History; Accra (Ghana) Social conditions
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-249) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- LANDLORDS AND LODGERS -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- GLOSSARY -- PREFACE -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- LINKING PEOPLE AND PLACE -- MANAGING IN THE CITY -- THE STORY UNFOLDS -- NOTES -- 2 THE URBAN CULTURAL CONTEXT -- MODERN ACCRA: A BRIEF GAZE -- EARLY SETTLEMENTS -- EUROPEAN DOMINION -- SPATIAL AND SOCIAL ENGINEERING -- NEIGHBORHOODS, HOUSE FORM, AND CULTURE -- HOUSING TODAY -- NOTES -- 3 STRANGERS, STRUGGLES, AND THE CREATION OF SABON ZONGO -- MUSLIM MIGRANTS IN ACCRA -- MUSLIM LEADERSHIP IN ACCRA -- THE HAUSA MOLD -- THE EARLY COMMUNITY: LAND AND LEADERSHIP -- THE EARLY COMMUNITY: THE POPULATION AND ITS CHARACTER -- TIES WITH ACCRA -- NOTES -- 4 SABON ZONGO: ENVIRONMENTAL DELIMITATIONS -- A BOUNDED COMMUNITY -- SPATIAL SUBDIVISIONS: UNGUWA -- MARKET AND STREET TRADE -- CONVENIENCE VS. EXPECTATIONS AND ATTACHMENTS -- NOTES -- 5 TIES THAT BIND -- KINSHIP -- ETHNICITY -- THE CORNER MOSQUE -- PATRONS AND CLIENTS -- NOTES -- 6 EVERYDAY LIFE -- PARTICIPANTS IN DAILY EXCHANGE -- RELATIONS BETWEEN THE SEXES -- SCHOOLING -- OCCUPATIONS -- INSTITUTIONAL GOVERNANCE -- CAMARADERIE -- PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS -- AN URBAN NICHE -- NOTES -- 7 ANTHILL ARCHITECTURE: THE INVOLUTED COMPOUND -- EVOLVING FORMS -- BOUNDARIES, MATERIALS, AND FACILITIES -- MODELS TO FOLLOW: GENDERED SPACE -- COMPOUND SPACE-VARIATIONS ON A THEME -- TENANT AND NUCLEAR FAMILY HOMES: EXTREMES OF CHANGE -- MARKING SOCIAL CHANGE -- NOTES -- 8 COMPOUND SOCIAL SPACE: TRANSFORMATIONS THROUGH LIVING -- THE DRAW OF SABON ZONGO -- HAVING CAPACITY -- BECOMING A TENANT -- COMPOUND-BASED ACTIVITIES -- PUBLIC PRIVACY -- GENDER ROLES -- CHANGING ROLES -- NOTES -- 9 CONCLUSION: ZONGWANCI -- NOTE -- APPENDIX -- SAMPLE OF COMPOUNDS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- About the Author.
• Titolo autorizzato: Landlords and lodgers
• ISBN: 1-280-42288-2; 9786610422883; 0-313-01239-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809205603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II