Imagining the edgy city : writing, performing, and building Johannesburg /

This study of Johannesburg examines writing, performing, building, and urban spatial practices and their agents, whose cosmopolitan diversity and capacity for invention challenge the normativity of modernity in the global north. It begins with the Empire Exhibition of 1936, and moves on to explore a...

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Main Author:	Kruger, Loren (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:	Art and society > South Africa > Johannesburg > History > 20th century. Motion pictures > Social aspects > South Africa > Johannesburg > History > 20th century. Literature and society > South Africa > Johannesburg > History > 20th century. Theater and society > South Africa > Johannesburg > History > 20th century. Urbanization > South Africa > Johannesburg > History > 20th century. Johannesburg (South Africa) > History > 20th century. Johannesburg (South Africa) > Intellectual life > 20th century. Art et société > Afrique du Sud > Johannesburg > Histoire > 20e siècle. Cinéma > Aspect social > Afrique du Sud > Johannesburg > Histoire > 20e siècle. Littérature et société > Afrique du Sud > Johannesburg > Histoire > 20e siècle. Théâtre et société > Afrique du Sud > Johannesburg > Histoire > 20e siècle. Urbanisation > Afrique du Sud > Johannesburg > Histoire > 20e siècle. Art and society Intellectual life Literature and society Motion pictures > Social aspects Theater and society Urbanization South Africa > Johannesburg 1900-1999 Electronic books. History
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by Kruger, Loren
Published 2013

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