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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Heer, Barbara, 1982- (Author)
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Bielefeld : transcript-Verlag, [2019]
Series:	Urban Studies.
Subjects:	Communities. Classes. Races. Africa. City. Diversity. Enclaves. Encounter. Entanglements. Ethnology. Johannesburg. Maputo. Mozambique. Neighbourhood. Segregation. Shopping Malls. Sociology. South Africa. Urban Religion. Urban Studies. Urbanity. Urban communities. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
Content
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Navigating Belonging?
Intimate Encounters?
A Politics of Loss?
A Politics of Proximity?
Building Communities?
Spaces of Freedom?
Closing Remarks
Postscript: Entangled Comparers
Bibliography