The Resource Street life under a roof : youth homelessness in South Africa, Emily Margaretten
Street life under a roof : youth homelessness in South Africa, Emily Margaretten
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The item Street life under a roof : youth homelessness in South Africa, Emily Margaretten represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- Point Place stands near the city centre of Durban, South Africa. Condemned and off the grid, the five-story apartment building is nonetheless home to a hundred-plus teenagers and young adults marginalised by poverty and chronic unemployment. In this work, Emily Margaretten draws on ten years of up-close fieldwork to explore the distinct cultural universe of the Point Place community. Her sensitive investigations reveal how young men and women draw on customary notions of respect and support to forge an ethos of connection and care that allows them to live far richer lives than ordinarily assumed
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 213 pages)
- Contents
-
- Shelter hopping
- Standing (K)in
- Love, betrayal, and sexual intimacy
- Love, respect, and masculinity
- Residing with the spectral
- Homecomings
- Isbn
- 9780252097690
- Label
- Street life under a roof : youth homelessness in South Africa
- Title
- Street life under a roof
- Title remainder
- youth homelessness in South Africa
- Statement of responsibility
- Emily Margaretten
- Subject
-
- Armut
- Durban
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Homeless teenagers
- Homeless teenagers -- South Africa
- Homeless youth
- Homeless youth -- South Africa
- Lebenswelt
- Marginality, Social
- Marginality, Social -- South Africa
- Männliche Jugend
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Social Security
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Social Services & Welfare
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
- Sexualität
- South Africa
- Stadtforschung
- Südafrika
- Weibliche Jugend
- Wohnheim
- Youth, Black
- Youth, Black -- South Africa
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Point Place stands near the city centre of Durban, South Africa. Condemned and off the grid, the five-story apartment building is nonetheless home to a hundred-plus teenagers and young adults marginalised by poverty and chronic unemployment. In this work, Emily Margaretten draws on ten years of up-close fieldwork to explore the distinct cultural universe of the Point Place community. Her sensitive investigations reveal how young men and women draw on customary notions of respect and support to forge an ethos of connection and care that allows them to live far richer lives than ordinarily assumed
- Cataloging source
- P@U
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Margaretten, Emily
- Dewey number
- 362.74
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- HQ799.S6
- LC item number
- M37 2015eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Interpretations of culture in the new millennium
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Youth, Black
- Marginality, Social
- Homeless youth
- Homeless teenagers
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Homeless teenagers
- Homeless youth
- Marginality, Social
- Youth, Black
- South Africa
- Stadtforschung
- Armut
- Wohnheim
- Männliche Jugend
- Weibliche Jugend
- Sexualität
- Lebenswelt
- Südafrika
- Durban
- Label
- Street life under a roof : youth homelessness in South Africa, Emily Margaretten
- Antecedent source
- not applicable
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Shelter hopping -- Standing (K)in -- Love, betrayal, and sexual intimacy -- Love, respect, and masculinity -- Residing with the spectral -- Homecomings
- Control code
- 921220137
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 213 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780252097690
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt174f2zv
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- not applicable
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)921220137
- Label
- Street life under a roof : youth homelessness in South Africa, Emily Margaretten
- Antecedent source
- not applicable
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Shelter hopping -- Standing (K)in -- Love, betrayal, and sexual intimacy -- Love, respect, and masculinity -- Residing with the spectral -- Homecomings
- Control code
- 921220137
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 213 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780252097690
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt174f2zv
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- not applicable
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)921220137
Subject
- Armut
- Durban
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Homeless teenagers
- Homeless teenagers -- South Africa
- Homeless youth
- Homeless youth -- South Africa
- Lebenswelt
- Marginality, Social
- Marginality, Social -- South Africa
- Männliche Jugend
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Social Security
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Social Services & Welfare
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
- Sexualität
- South Africa
- Stadtforschung
- Südafrika
- Weibliche Jugend
- Wohnheim
- Youth, Black
- Youth, Black -- South Africa
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