DRC : a short history of migration -- Transnational subjects, localized policies -- Muizenberg, fieldwork and "the other" -- Settling in and coping -- Women, social networks, contingency and religion -- Success guaranteed : economic survival and success through religious patronage -- Onward and upward : the romance factor -- Interrogating stereotypes : Donna and Henri -- Performing Congolese masculinities : Sam and Noel -- Romantic love or migrant careerism? Michelle and Ghislain, Andrea and Zakia -- Conclusion
Summary
Congolese Social Networks details the minutiae of transmigrant Congolese men and women's experiences in Muizenberg, Cape Town. The focus on social networks-the creation and maintenance thereof across social boundaries of race, class, gender, and nationality-builds on the skeletal quantitative record on "African" transmigrants in South Africa. The text delineates the importance of strategy and how chance encounters with dissimilar others can lead to the securement of a viable and sustainable livelihood
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-248) and index
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