Raw life, new hope: decency, housing and everyday life in a post-apartheid community

dc.contributor.authorRoss, Fiona C
dc.coverage.spatialCape Town, South Africaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-23T12:46:07Z
dc.date.available2014-09-23T12:46:07Z
dc.date.issued2010-09
dc.descriptionFunded by NRF, UCT.
dc.description.abstractThe book has been designed to demonstrate social science concepts in action. Its narrative is lively and engaging, and materials can be adapted for any level of study. Raw Life, New Hope is the stoy of one community's efforts to secure a decent life in post-apartheid South Africa. For residents of The Park, a squalid shantytown on the outskirts of Cape Town, life was hard and they described their social world as raw. Efforts to get on with the messy business of everyday life were often underut by cruel poverty. Despite inhospitable conditions, they sought to create respectable lives. The opportunity of formal housing fired them with enthusiasm as they saw the possibilities of living respectably with stable families, decent work, enduring social relations and the trappings of consumerism. The book traces their experiences as people struggled with sense-making in a complex world. Based on nearly two decades of research, Raw Life, New Hope examines how everyday lives are fashioned through relationships, reciprocity and language. It offers a rare glimpse into the complex and contradictory ways of life of people living on the margins of society.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationRoss, F. C. (2010). <i>Raw life, new hope: Decency, housing and everyday life in a post-Apartheid community</i>. Cape Town: UCT Press. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7657en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationRoss, Fiona C. <i>Raw life, new hope: Decency, housing and everyday life in a post-Apartheid community</i>. Cape Town: UCT Press. 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7657.en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationRoss, F. 2010-09. Raw life, new hope: decency, housing and everyday life in a post-apartheid community. Book. Cape Town: University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-91989-527-7en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Book AU - Ross, Fiona C AB - The book has been designed to demonstrate social science concepts in action. Its narrative is lively and engaging, and materials can be adapted for any level of study. Raw Life, New Hope is the stoy of one community's efforts to secure a decent life in post-apartheid South Africa. For residents of The Park, a squalid shantytown on the outskirts of Cape Town, life was hard and they described their social world as raw. Efforts to get on with the messy business of everyday life were often underut by cruel poverty. Despite inhospitable conditions, they sought to create respectable lives. The opportunity of formal housing fired them with enthusiasm as they saw the possibilities of living respectably with stable families, decent work, enduring social relations and the trappings of consumerism. The book traces their experiences as people struggled with sense-making in a complex world. Based on nearly two decades of research, Raw Life, New Hope examines how everyday lives are fashioned through relationships, reciprocity and language. It offers a rare glimpse into the complex and contradictory ways of life of people living on the margins of society. CY - Cape Town DA - 2010-09 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - respectability KW - poverty KW - everyday life KW - decency KW - community KW - Post apartheid era KW - Low-income housing KW - Relocation (Housing) KW - Human settlements LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PP - Cape Town PY - 2010 SM - 978-1-91989-527-7 T1 - Raw life, new hope: decency, housing and everyday life in a post-apartheid community TI - Raw life, new hope: decency, housing and everyday life in a post-apartheid community UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7657 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/7657
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationRoss FC. Raw life, new hope: Decency, housing and everyday life in a post-Apartheid community. Cape Town: UCT Press; 2010.http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7657en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherUCT Pressen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSocial Anthropologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.publisher.locationCape Townen_ZA
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectrespectabilityen_ZA
dc.subjectpovertyen_ZA
dc.subjecteveryday lifeen_ZA
dc.subjectdecencyen_ZA
dc.subjectcommunityen_ZA
dc.subjectPost apartheid eraen_ZA
dc.subjectLow-income housingen_ZA
dc.subjectRelocation (Housing)en_ZA
dc.subjectHuman settlementsen_ZA
dc.titleRaw life, new hope: decency, housing and everyday life in a post-apartheid communityen_ZA
dc.typeBooken_ZA
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