9783110777024-3110777029-The Politics of Housing in (Post-)Colonial Africa: Accommodating workers and urban residents

The Politics of Housing in (Post-)Colonial Africa: Accommodating workers and urban residents

ISBN-13: 9783110777024
ISBN-10: 3110777029
Edition: 1
Author: Martina, Daniela, Rüther, Kirsten, Barker-Ciganikova, Waldburger, Bodenstein, Carl-Philipp
Publication date: 2022
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Format: Perfect Paperback 236 pages
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ISBN-13: 9783110777024
ISBN-10: 3110777029
Edition: 1
Author: Martina, Daniela, Rüther, Kirsten, Barker-Ciganikova, Waldburger, Bodenstein, Carl-Philipp
Publication date: 2022
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Format: Perfect Paperback 236 pages

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The Politics of Housing in (Post-)Colonial Africa: Accommodating workers and urban residents (ISBN-13: 9783110777024 and ISBN-10: 3110777029), written by authors Martina, Daniela, Rüther, Kirsten, Barker-Ciganikova, Waldburger, Bodenstein, Carl-Philipp, was published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg in 2022. With an overall rating of 4.1 stars, it's a notable title among other African History (Historical Study & Educational Resources, World History) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Politics of Housing in (Post-)Colonial Africa: Accommodating workers and urban residents (Perfect Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used African History books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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Housing matters, no matter when or where. This volume of collected essays on housing in colonial and postcolonial Africa seeks to elaborate the how and the why.

Housing is much more than a living everyday practice. It unfolds in its disparate dimensions of time, space and agency. Context dependent, it acquires 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. Our focus lies in analyzing 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 vibrant academic debate on studying urban practices and their significance for current social change.

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