Raw life, new hope [[electronic resource] ] : decency, housing and everyday life in a post-apartheid community / / Fiona C. Ross
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Ross Fiona C
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| Titolo: |
Raw life, new hope [[electronic resource] ] : decency, housing and everyday life in a post-apartheid community / / Fiona C. Ross
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| Pubblicazione: | Claremont, South Africa, : UCT Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 362.50968 |
| Soggetto topico: | Community development, Urban - South Africa - Cape Town |
| Low-income housing - South Africa - Cape Town | |
| Relocation (Housing) - South Africa - Cape Town | |
| Poor - South Africa - Cape Town - Social conditions | |
| Human settlements - South Africa - Cape Town | |
| Squatter settlements - South Africa - Cape Town | |
| Post-apartheid era - South Africa - Cape Town | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Cape Town (South Africa) Social conditions |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Preface; Chapter 1 'Teen die pad, Die Bos' (Alongside the road, The Bush); Chapter 2 'I long to live in a house'; Chapter 3 Sense-scapes: senses and emotion in the making of place; Chapter 4 Relationships that count and how to count them; Chapter 5 'Just working for food': making a living, making do and getting by; Chapter 6 Truth, lies, stories and straight-talk: on addressing another; Chapter 7 Illness and accompaniment; conclusion Raw life, new hope?; endnotes; glossary of select afrikaans terms; references; index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | <P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"" class=MsoNormal>This is the story of a shantytown community in South Africa and its efforts to secure a decent life, moving from tin shacks to formal housing, in postapartheid South Africa. The author's 17-year longitudinal study of this community has resulted in an extraordinary work that brings its people alive, through photographs, interviews, and even recipes. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Raw life, new hope |
| ISBN: | 1-920516-82-4 |
| 1-920499-32-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910213858703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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