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Migration and Settlement in Urban South Africa
African Women and Apartheid
Migration and Settlement in Urban South Africa
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How did African women experience apartheid? How did they create a sense of belonging in a city that actively denied and resisted their presence? Through detailed analyses of women's management of domestic economies, their participation in township social organizations, their home renovation priorities and patterns of energy use, this study evokes a larger history of gendered and generational struggles over identity, place and belonging. It provides a deeper and more nuanced understanding of African women in apartheid and post-apartheid society, and of urbanization in South Africa.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Location, Method, Meaning
Chapter One: Mapping Cape Town's Historical and Political Geography, 1948-2000
Chapter Two: Structure and Agency in African Households
Chapter Three: Home Improvement, Self Improvement: Renovations and the Reconstruction of 'Home'
Chapter Four: Hearth and Home: Energy Resourcing and Consumption in an Urban Environment
Chapter Five: Beloved Unions?: Associational Life in Town
Chapter Six: 'Moving' Memories, Urbanising Identities
Product details
Published | Jan 30 2018 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 296 |
ISBN | 9781784537852 |
Imprint | I.B. Tauris |
Illustrations | 4 black and white illustrations, 5 maps and 4 charts |
Dimensions | Not specified |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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