Taming the Disorderly City: The Spatial Landscape of Johannesburg after Apartheid 1501716999, 9781501716997

In postapartheid Johannesburg, tensions of race and class manifest themselves starkly in struggles over "rights to

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Taming the Disorderly City: The Spatial Landscape of Johannesburg after Apartheid
1501716999, 9781501716997

In postapartheid Johannesburg, tensions of race and class manifest themselves starkly in struggles over "rights to

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In post-apartheid Johannesburg, crime and the fear it engenders has triggered a decisive turn toward securitization in w

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An exploration of Johannesburg’s post-apartheid's city administration's governance of conflict from 1996 to th

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Despite their peaceful, bucolic appearance, the tree-lined streets of South African suburbia were no refuge from the rac

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In Dust of the Zulu Louise Meintjes traces the political and aesthetic significance of ngoma, a competitive form of danc

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Louise Meintjes traces the history and the political and aesthetic significance of ngoma, a competitive form of dance an

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Criticism on the textual and iconographic construction of the city is extensive, yet the problem of historical change in

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Looking at the shrinking cities of the Midwest and Northeast as well as New Orleans, urban planning experts examine the

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This book focuses on linguistic landscapes in present-day urban settings. In a wide-ranging collection of studies of maj

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The violent protests in Lhasa in 2008 against Chinese rule were met by disbelief and anger on the part of Chinese citize

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