Raw life, new hope : decency, housing and everyday life in a post-apartheid community

Raw life, new hope decency, housing and everyday life in a post-apartheid community

<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 thi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ross, Fiona C. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Claremont, South Africa : UCT Press 2010.
Materias:
Community development, Urban > South Africa > Cape Town > Case studies.
Low-income housing > South Africa > Cape Town > Case studies.
Relocation (Housing) > South Africa > Cape Town > Case studies.
Poor > South Africa > Cape Town > Social conditions.
Human settlements > South Africa > Cape Town.
Squatter settlements > South Africa > Cape Town.
Post-apartheid era > South Africa > Cape Town.
Cape Town (South Africa) > Social conditions.
History
informal settlements
shack settlements,Cape Flats
post-apartheid state
formal housing
longitudinal study
Everyday life
HIV
HIV/AIDS
Social relation
South Africa
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009435277106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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

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