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Congolese social networks : living on the margins in Muizenberg, Cape Town
- Title
- Congolese social networks : living on the margins in Muizenberg, Cape Town / Joy Owen.
- Author
- Owen, Joy
- Publication
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015]
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Details
- Description
- xii, 251 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subject
- Congolese (Democratic Republic) > South Africa > Cape Town
- Congolese (Democratic Republic) > South Africa > Social conditions
- Congolese (Democratic Republic) diaspora
- Immigrants > Social networks > South Africa > Muizenberg
- Congolese (Democratic Republic)
- Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
- Immigrants > Social networks
- South Africa > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
- South Africa
- South Africa > Cape Town
- South Africa > Muizenberg
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-248) and index.
- Contents
- Preliminaries -- Democratic Republic of Congo : a short history of migration -- Transnational subjects, localized policies -- Muizenberg, fieldwork and "the other" -- Settling in and coping -- Women, social networks, contingency and religion -- Success guaranteed : economic survival and success through religious patronage -- Onward and upward : the romance factor -- Interrogating stereotypes : Donna and Henri -- Performing Congolese masculinities : Sam and Noel -- Romantic love or migrant careerism? Michelle and Ghislain; Andrea and Zakia -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- Sc E 18-477
- ISBN
- 9781498516273 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 1498516270 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9781498516280 (electronic)
- 1498516289 (electronic)
- LCCN
- 2015033410
- 40025660155
- OCLC
- 919341922
- Author
- Owen, Joy, author.
- Title
- Congolese social networks : living on the margins in Muizenberg, Cape Town / Joy Owen.
- Publisher
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-248) and index.
- Local Note
- AUTH: RHODES UNIV.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40025660155
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 18-477