| Description |
1 online resource : color illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Original title: Experiencing Sophiatown : conversations among residents about the past, present and future of a community |
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"First published by Fanele, an imprint of Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd, in 2013." |
| Contents |
Getting acquainted with neighbours on the block -- Visualising a shared place and making a shared past -- Making family around mealtimes -- Becoming neighbours and creating community -- Experiencing change -- Epilogue / Pastor Desmond Sheik. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
Once a thriving, multiracial community, the Sophiatown suburb of Johannesburg was home to many famous artists, musicians, and poets. It was also a place where residential apartheid was first put into practice with forced removals, buildings bulldozed, and the construction of new, cheap housing for white public employees. David Thelen and Karie L. Morgan facilitate conversations among today's Sophiatown residents about how they share spaces, experiences, and values to raise and educate their children, earn a living, overcome crime, and shape their community for the good of all. As residents reflect on the past and the challenges they face in the future, they begin to work together to create a rich, diverse, safe, and welcoming post-Mandela South Africa. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Social change -- South Africa -- Johannesburg.
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Social change. |
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South Africa -- Johannesburg. |
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Community development -- South Africa -- Johannesburg.
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Community development. |
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Neighborhoods -- Social aspects -- South Africa -- Johannesburg.
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Neighborhoods -- Social aspects. |
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Neighborhoods. |
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Sophiatown (Johannesburg, South Africa) -- Social conditions.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Morgan, Karie L., editor.
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Thelen, David, editor.
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| Added Title |
Experiencing Sophiatown.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Experiencing Sophiatown. Building a new South Africa. [U.S. edition] 9780253017840 (DLC) 2015010622 (OCoLC)905600124 |
| ISBN |
9780253017901 electronic book |
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0253017904 electronic book |
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9780253017840 |
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025301784X |
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