Title Wake up, this is Joburg / photographs by Mark Lewis ; words by Tanya Zack ; with a foreword by Achal Prabhala

Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 344 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Theory in forms Theory in forms. Contents S'kop -- Tony Dreams in Yellow and Blue -- Inside Out -- Zola -- Good Riddance -- Tea at Anstey's -- Bedroom -- Master Mansions -- Johannesburg. Made in China -- Undercity Summary "Wake Up, This Is Joburg is a collaboration between photographer Mark Lewis and writer Tanya Zack. Originally published from 2014-2019 as ten separate photobooks by Fourthwall Books in South Africa, the collection builds a portrait of Johannesburg through individual stories and accompanying photographs. Ranging from butchers removing meat from cow heads in a parking garage meat market to underground gold miners hauling rock by hand from abandoned shafts under the city, these stories contribute to ethnographic studies of the city by showing the lived experience of its residents. At its heart, this project investigates how people are improvising to repurpose land and buildings, especially in Johannesburg's inner city. It brings attention to a vast informal economy, as well as widespread reconstruction as crumbling buildings are occupied, burned, stripped of parts, and rebuilt to serve the needs of the residents."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Informal sector (Economics) -- South Africa -- Johannesburg -- Pictorial works Entrepreneurship -- South Africa -- Johannesburg -- Pictorial works Informal sector (Economics) -- South Africa -- Johannesburg Entrepreneurship -- South Africa -- Johannesburg Photography, Artistic. art photography. HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- Republic of South Africa. PHOTOGRAPHY -- Photoessays & Documentaries. Entrepreneurship Informal sector (Economics) Photography, Artistic Social conditions SUBJECT Johannesburg (South Africa) -- Social conditions -- Pictorial works Johannesburg (South Africa) -- Social conditions Subject South Africa -- Johannesburg Genre/Form Pictorial works Form Electronic book Author Zack, Tanya, author. Prabhala, Achal, writer of foreword. ISBN 9781478023326 1478023325

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