Surviving Gangs, Violence and Racism in Cape Town
Ghetto Chameleons
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20026446 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marie Rosenkrantz Lindegaard (0000-0002-1630-774X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 290 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-15 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Surviving Gangs, Violence and Racism in Cape Town (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University of Copenhagen (PUBLISHER • DK) |
| OpenAlex | W2914922267 |
| ISBN | 9780203578957 |
| Open Library | OL53933155M |
| Language | EN |
Surviving Gangs, Violence and Racism in Cape Town offers an ethnographic study of young men in Cape Town and considers how they stay safe in when growing up in post-apartheid South Africa. Breaking away from previous studies looking at structural inequality and differences, this unique book focuses instead on the practices and interactions between 47 young men, and what they do to become a "ghetto chameleon". Indeed, exploring in detail what young men do to survive conflicts and what is at stake, Lindegaard depicts how they must become flexible in who they are in order to fit in and be safe when they move between "black" or "coloured" township areas and the "white" suburbs of Cape Town
Archaeology · Cape · Criminology · Geography · Racism · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Race, History, and American Society · Social conditions · South Africa · Violent crimes · Young men · Youth and violence
| Highly cited | No |
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