Kirsten Rüther & Martina Barker-Ciganikova 
The Politics of Housing in (Post-)Colonial Africa [EPUB ebook] 
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Housing matters, no matter when or where. This volume of collected essays on housing in colonial and postcolonial Africa seeks to elaborate the how and the why.

Housing is much more than a living everyday practice. It unfolds in its disparate dimensions of time, space and agency. Context dependent, it acquires diverse, often ambivalent, meanings. Housing can be a promise, an unfulfilled dream, a tool of self- and class-assertion, a negotiation process, or a means to achieve other ends. Our focus lies in analyzing housing in its multifacetedness, be it a lens to offer insights into complex processes that shape societies; be it a tool of empire to exercise control over private relations of inhabitants; or be it a means to create good, obedient and productive citizens.

Contributions to this volume range from the field of history, to architecture and urban planning, African Studies, linguistics, and literature. The individual case studies home in on specific aspects and dimensions of housing and seek to bring them into dialogue with each other. By doing so, the volume aims to add to the vibrant academic debate on studying urban practices and their significance for current social change.

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Kirsten Rüther, Martina Barker-Ciganikova, Daniela Waldburger, Carl Bodenstein, University of Vienna

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语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● 网页 236 ● ISBN 9783110598735 ● 文件大小 4.9 MB ● 编辑 Kirsten Rüther & Martina Barker-Ciganikova ● 出版者 De Gruyter ● 市 Basel/Berlin/Boston ● 发布时间 2020 ● 版 1 ● 下载 24 个月 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 8896571 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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