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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Main Author: Heer, Barbara (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: Bielefeld, Germany 2019
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653 |a Urban Studies 
653 |a Segregation 
653 |a Diversity 
653 |a Neighbourhood 
653 |a Shopping Malls 
653 |a Urban Religion 
653 |a Africa 
653 |a South Africa 
653 |a Mozambique 
653 |a Enclaves 
653 |a Encounter 
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653 |a Urbanity 
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653 |a Ethnology 
653 |a Sociology