Author Description

"This book revisits and updates some classic Anthropology--the Xhosa in Town series--based on reseasrch in the South African city of East London conducted during the 1950s. The book offers... insights into the understanding of urbanism in South Africa by exploring the relationship between social identity formation and the struggle for power and place inside the city. The book also makes a unique contribution to the analysis of the meanings of urban space, shifting between public and private spheres, as well as grappling with the complexity of gender and generational dynamics in a post-apartheid South Africa city"--P. [4] of cover.