Cities of Entanglements : Social Life in Johannesburg and Maputo Through Ethnographic Comparison /
How 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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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Bielefeld :
transcript-Verlag,
[2019]
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| Series: | Urban Studies.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | How 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, and 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9783839447970 3839447976 3732847977 9783732847976 3837647978 9783837647976 |