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dc.contributor.editorBarker-Ciganikova, Martina
dc.contributor.editorRüther, Kirsten
dc.contributor.editorWaldburger, Daniela
dc.contributor.editorBodenstein, Carl-Philipp
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-19T12:45:32Z
dc.date.available2020-05-19T12:45:32Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.isbn9783110598278en_US
dc.identifier.isbn9783110598735en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/38241
dc.description.abstractHousing matters, no matter when or where. This volume of collected essays on housing in colonial and postcolonial Africa seeks to elaborate how and why housing is much more than an everyday practice. The politics of housing unfold in disparate dimensions of time, space and agency. Depending on context, they acquire 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. This volume analyzes 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 debate on studying urban practices and their significance for current social change.en_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSD Urban communitiesen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography::RGCP Political geographyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropologyen_US
dc.subject.otherhousingen_US
dc.subject.otherAfricaen_US
dc.subject.otherurban planningen_US
dc.subject.otherdevelopment policiesen_US
dc.titleThe Politics of Housing in (Post-)Colonial Africaen_US
dc.title.alternativeAccommodating Workers and Urban Residentsen_US
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.1515/9783110601183en_US
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy69707d01-8e78-4a41-abff-fccf8fb5f4a5en_US
oapen.relation.isFundedBy0bdd30b8-28cc-4e2d-bd69-6cabb77b36d4
oapen.relation.isbn9783110601183
oapen.collectionAustrian Science Fund (FWF)
oapen.collectionScholarLed
oapen.pages236en_US
oapen.place.publicationCape Townen_US
oapen.grant.numberP29566-G28
oapen.remark.publicDe Gruyter


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