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Autore: | Pellow Deborah <1945-> |
Titolo: | Landlords and lodgers : socio-spatial organization in an Accra community / / Deborah Pellow |
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 |
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