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Urban now : a human in the face of borderliness and urbanisation in Juba, South Sudan / Maciej Kurcz, translation by Kryzysztof Zarzycki.
Van Pelt Library DT159.978.J82 K8713 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kurcz, Maciej, author.
- Series:
- International relations in Asia, Africa and the Americas ; v. 11.
- International relations in Asia, Africa and the Americas ; Volume 11
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Juba (SouthSudan)--Social life and customs--21st century.
- Juba (SouthSudan).
- Juba (South Sudan)--History--21st century.
- Juba (South Sudan).
- Physical Description:
- 267 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2021.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Juba on the Political and Cultural Borderland: African Borderlands
- African Borderlands Yesterday and Today
- South Sudan's Borderlands
- Juba and Its Surroundings
- The City of Juba: Its Foundation and Modern History
- Juba: A City that Attracts Migrants
- Migration to the City
- Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
- "Returnees" as Migrants to the City of Juba
- First Accommodation
- Spatial Structures
- The Dialectics of Space
- The Legal Situation of Urban Lands: "Struggle for the Rights to the City"
- Formal and Informal Structures
- The "City"
- Hai Jalaba
- Informal Development: The Example of Munuki and Gabat
- Residential Space Arrangement
- Infrastructure Underdevelopment and Its Condition
- Urban Transport
- Commercial Spaces
- Customs Souk and Konjo Konjo
- Sacral Places
- Islam Versus Christianity
- Movement in Space
- In an Urban Street
- In an Urban Minibus
- "To Alleviate Boredom"
- In Search of Urban Beauty
- Urban Family and Its Dynamics: The Growing Importance of Marginalised Groups
- The Dynamic Structure of the Family
- Continuation of the Traditional Models of Family Life
- Marriage Rules
- Single Women: The Feminisation of the Urban Family
- A Day in the Life of a Woman
- The Generation of Young Women
- Voluntary Associations: Forms of Women's Organisations
- "Street Children." The Situation of the Youngest and the Youth
- The Professional Situation of the Citizen and Economic Strategies of the Family
- In the Light of Previous Research on the City of Africa
- Primary Livelihood Strategies in Juba
- Woman and the Family Budget
- Gathering and Motorcycles
- Former Refugees and the Labour Market
- Mobility of Repatriates
- Humanitarian Organisations and State Administration. Hierarchical Structure of Professions in the City
- Foreigners and the Monopolisation of Trade and Services
- Women from Neighbouring Countries. Criminalisation of Economic Strategies in the Borderland City
- Changes of Ethnicity
- Ethnic Structure of Juba
- Strengthening of Ethnicity. The Struggle for Influence Between Particular Communities
- Non-Ethnicity
- Language and the Overcoming of Ethnicity
- New Identities. Examples of Former Refugees and Displaced Persons
- Religion in the Modern City
- Christianity and Urbanisation in Africa
- Muslims of Juba. Strengthening Group Solidarity in Juba
- Christianity under Attack. Situation of Tribal Beliefs
- Christianity as a Factor Supporting the Struggle with Everyday Life
- "Born-Again Christians"
- Millenaristic (Messianic) Ideas.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 3631819889
- 9783631819883
- OCLC:
- 1240771795
- Publisher Number:
- 99988069248
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