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Author:   Nicky Falkof ,  Cobus van Staden ,  Nicky Falkof ,  Cobus van Staden
Publisher:   Wits University Press
Imprint:   Wits University Press
Weight:   0.458kg
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9781776146284

ISBN 10:   177614628
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   01 October 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Map of Johannesburg – Naadira Patel Foreword – Sisonke Msimang Introduction: Traversing the anxious metropolis – Nicky Falkof and Cobus van Staden Taxi Diaries I What are you doing in Joburg? – Baeletsi Tsatsi Chapter 1 ‘We are all in this together’: Global Citizen, violence and anxiety in Johannesburg – Cobus van Staden Chapter 2 ‘It’s not nice to be poor in Joburg’: Compensated relationships as social survival in the city – Lebohang Masango Chapter 3 Driving, cycling and identity in Johannesburg – Njogu Morgan Taxi Diaries II Travelling while female – Baeletsi Tsatsi Chapter 4 ‘The white centreline vanishes’: Fragility and anxiety in the elusive metropolis – Derek Hook Chapter 5 Ugly noo-noos and suburban nightmares – Nicky Falkof Chapter 6 The unruly in the anodyne: Nature in gated communities – Renugan Raidoo Chapter 7 The Chinatown back room: The afterlife of apartheid architectures – Mingwei Huang Chapter 8 Shifting topographies of the anxious city – Antonia Steyn Chapter 9 Photography and religion in anxious Joburg – Joel Cabrita and Sabelo Mlangeni Chapter 10 Marooned: Seeking asylum as a transgender person in Johannesburg – B. Camminga Chapter 11 Everyday urbanisms of fear in Johannesburg’s periphery: The case of Sol Plaatje settlement – Khangelani Moyo Chapter 12 Inner-city anxieties: Fear of crime, getting by and disconnected urban lives – Aidan Mosselson Taxi Diaries III And now you are in Joburg – Baeletsi Tsatsi Afterword: Urban atmospheres – Sarah Nuttall Contributors Index

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Anxiety might be terrifying, says Kierkegaard, but it speaks to the possibility of possibility. So, too, do the luminous, edgy essays assembled here, that make palpable the abrasive friction, the alchemy of abjection and ebullience, that drives Johannesburg's creativity and its unlikely glamour. --Professor Jean Comaroff, Harvard University Falkof and Van Staden have curated a remarkable academic collaboration, able to engage such a turbulent landscape with both intellectual acuity and tenderness. --Professor Abdoumaliq Simone, University of Sheffield In this most unequal city, what kind of constraints circumscribe our attempts to live an 'authentic' life? Whether interrogating the Global Citizen festival or traversing the city by taxi while female or just simply riding a bike ... a luta continua! --Dr Melissa Tandiwe Myambo, editor of Reversing Urban Inequality in Johannesburg

"""Anxiety might be terrifying, says Kierkegaard, but it speaks to the possibility of possibility. So, too, do the luminous, edgy essays assembled here, that make palpable the abrasive friction, the alchemy of abjection and ebullience, that drives Johannesburg's creativity and its unlikely glamour. ""--Professor Jean Comaroff, Harvard University ""Falkof and Van Staden have curated a remarkable academic collaboration, able to engage such a turbulent landscape with both intellectual acuity and tenderness. ""--Professor Abdoumaliq Simone, University of Sheffield ""In this most unequal city, what kind of constraints circumscribe our attempts to live an 'authentic' life? Whether interrogating the Global Citizen festival or traversing the city by taxi while female or just simply riding a bike ... a luta continua! ""--Dr Melissa Tandiwe Myambo, editor of Reversing Urban Inequality in Johannesburg"

In this most unequal city, what kind of constraints circumscribe our attempts to live an 'authentic' life? Whether interrogating the Global Citizen festival or traversing the city by taxi while female or just simply riding a bike ... a luta continua! --Dr Melissa Tandiwe Myambo, editor of Reversing Urban Inequality in Johannesburg Falkof and Van Staden have curated a remarkable academic collaboration, able to engage such a turbulent landscape with both intellectual acuity and tenderness. --Professor Abdoumaliq Simone, University of Sheffield Anxiety might be terrifying, says Kierkegaard, but it speaks to the possibility of possibility. So, too, do the luminous, edgy essays assembled here, that make palpable the abrasive friction, the alchemy of abjection and ebullience, that drives Johannesburg's creativity and its unlikely glamour. --Professor Jean Comaroff, Harvard University

Author Information

Nicky Falkof (Editor) Nicky Falkof is Associate Professor in Media Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Cobus van Staden (Editor) Cobus van Staden is a senior researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) and is affiliated with the Department of Media Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

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