"An engaging, insightful and at times beautifully written account
of post-apartheid transformation in the city of Cape Town. Besteman
shows the continuing legacy of apartheid, racial segregation and
poverty in South Africa as well as glimpses of new forms of
cultural creativity and identity formation that are characterized
by empathy, compassion, and hope. "Transforming Cape Town" deserves
to be read by anthropologists and anyone interested in how people
confront the challenges of racial exclusion and historical
inequality, and how a few bold agents of transformation seek to
create new social spaces to cross old barriers."--Richard A.
Wilson, author of "The Politics of Truth and Reconciliation in
South Africa"
"Cape Town and anthropology come alive in Besteman's work.
Insightful, dynamic, and well-written, this book opens a 'space of
trust' to understanding the pains and creative innovations of
transition--of people, politics, and daily survival--in a new
light."--Carolyn Nordstrom, author of "Global Outlaws and Shadows
of War"
"Besteman navigates and illuminates post-apartheid Cape Town with
uncommon skill. She brings to bear an anthropologist's training, a
reporter's eye and ear for the choice remark, the telling detail
and a candid sympathy for the disenfranchised, whose lot in South
Africa has not necessarily improved under democracy. It's a
distressing picture she draws: the persisting mutual ignorance,
even reciprocal demonization, across old ethnic and racial lines,
alongside the ongoing economic injustice. The revolution in South
Africa has been a piecemeal affair, and Besteman's descriptions of
the difficulties that even the best-intentioned individuals
encounter asthey struggle toward creating a general social
transformation ring painfully true."--William Finnegan, author of
"Crossing the Line," "Dateline Soweto," "A Complicated War," and
"Cold New World"
""Transforming Cape Town" is a fascinating account of how people in
this divided city engage with democracy, transformation, and the
legacies and ongoing realities of radical inequalities. Through
conversations with ordinary people, Besteman explores the ways in
which apartheid's legacies continue to shape interactions both
intimate and public. In doing so, she restores a sense of faith in
anthropology as a tool for understanding and critiquing social
worlds."--Fiona Ross, author of "Bearing Witness: Women and Truth
and Reconciliation"
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