Transforming Cape Town

By:

Catherine Besteman

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Paperback / softback

Series:

California Series in Public Anthropology

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This study provides a window into the lives of ordinary South Africans more than ten years after the end of apartheid, with the promises of the democracy movement remaining largely unfulfilled. Catherine Besteman explores the emotional and personal aspects of the transition to black majority rule by homing in on intimate questions of love, family, and community and capturing the complex, sometimes contradictory voices of a wide variety of Capetonians. Her evaluation of the physical and psychic costs to individuals involved in working for social change is grounded in the experiences of the participants and illu-minates two overarching dimensions of life in Cape Town: the aggregate forces determined to maintain the apartheid-era status quo, and the grassroots efforts to effect social change.

Author Biography:

Catherine Besteman is Professor of Anthropology and Director of African Studies at Colby College.

Release date Australia

September 2nd, 2008

Author

Catherine Besteman

Audience

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Illustrations

9 b-w photographs, 1 map

Pages

312

Series

California Series in Public Anthropology

Dimensions

152x229x18

ISBN-13

9780520256712

Product ID

2626660

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