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1 online resource |
| Contents |
FRONT COVER -- TITLE PAGE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- MAPPING ANXIETY IN GREATER JOHANNESBURG -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION: TRAVERSING THE ANXIOUS METROPOLIS -- TAXI DIARIES I: WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN JOBURG? -- 1 'WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER': GLOBAL CITIZEN, VIOLENCE AND ANXIETY IN JOHANNESBURG -- 2 'IT'S NOT NICE TO BE POOR IN JOBURG': COMPENSATED RELATIONSHIPS AS SOCIAL SURVIVAL IN THE CITY -- 3 DRIVING, CYCLING AND IDENTITY IN JOHANNESBURG -- TAXI DIARIES II: TRAVELLING WHILE FEMALE |
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4 'THE WHITE CENTRELINE VANISHES': FRAGILITY AND ANXIETY IN THE ELUSIVE METROPOLIS -- 5 UGLY NOO-NOOS AND SUBURBAN NIGHTMARES -- 6 THE UNRULY IN THE ANODYNE: NATURE IN GATED COMMUNITIES -- 7 THE CHINATOWN BACK ROOM: THE AFTERLIFE OF APARTHEID ARCHITECTURES -- 8 SHIFTING TOPOGRAPHIES OF THE ANXIOUS CITY -- 9 PHOTOGRAPHY AND RELIGION IN ANXIOUS JOBURG -- 10 MAROONED: SEEKING ASYLUM AS A TRANSGENDER PERSON IN JOHANNESBURG -- 11 EVERYDAY URBANISMS OF FEAR IN JOHANNESBURG'S PERIPHERY: THE CASE OF SOL PLAATJE SETTLEMENT -- 12 INNER-CITY ANXIETIES: FEAR OF CRIME, GETTING BY AND DISCONNECTED URBAN LIVES |
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TAXI DIARIES III: AND NOW YOU ARE IN JOBURG -- AFTERWORD: URBAN ATMOSPHERES -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX -- BACK COVER |
| Summary |
Anxious Joburg is a rigorous, critical new discussion of Johannesburg as a paradigmatic example of a contemporary global South city. It considers localised manifestations of the late capitalist experience of pervasive anxiety as a structuring principle of urban life, and provides snapshots of the daily lived experience in this city |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 14, 2020) |
| Subject |
City and town life -- South Africa -- Johannesburg
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development.
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City and town life
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Social conditions
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Johannesburg (South Africa) -- Social conditions
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South Africa -- Johannesburg
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Falkof, Nicky, editor.
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Van Staden, Cobus, editor
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| ISBN |
9781776146291 |
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1776146298 |
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9781776146307 |
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1776146301 |
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