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