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