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Raw life, new hope : decency, housing and everyday life in a post-apartheid community / Fiona C. Ross.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Ross, Fiona C.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Community development, Urban--South Africa--Cape Town--Case studies.
Community development, Urban.
Low-income housing--South Africa--Cape Town--Case studies.
Low-income housing.
Relocation (Housing)--South Africa--Cape Town--Case studies.
Relocation (Housing).
Poor--South Africa--Cape Town--Social conditions.
Poor.
Human settlements--South Africa--Cape Town.
Human settlements.
Squatter settlements--South Africa--Cape Town.
Squatter settlements.
Post-apartheid era--South Africa--Cape Town.
Post-apartheid era.
Cape Town (South Africa)--Social conditions.
Cape Town (South Africa).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (257 p.)
Place of Publication:
Claremont, South Africa : UCT Press, 2010.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
<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.
Contents:
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
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CC BY-NC-ND
Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.
ISBN:
9781920516826
1920516824
9781920499327
1920499326
OCLC:
818118973
Access Restriction:
Unrestricted online access

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