Grasping the unknowable: Coming to grips with African urbanisms

Social Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-23

  Pieterse, Edgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

affect; African urbanism; deal making; differential urbanisation; postcolonialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957812556     PISSN: 02533952     EISSN: 19407874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02533952.2011.569994     Document Type: Review

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