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Urban Native Food in Johannesburg

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ID2507597
AuthorsEllen Hellmann (corresponding author)
Year1936
Volume9
Issue2
Pages277-290
Publication date1936-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAfrica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0001-9720 • E-ISSN: 1750-0184
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1155628
OpenAlexW2054512584
LanguageEN
Citations received4

There are two factors affecting the diet of urban Natives: on the one hand there is the expansive influence of assimilation to and adoption of European food habits, and on the other hand there is active a restrictive influence in the shape of poverty. The urban Native, through his close contact with European culture which residence in an urban environment inevitably entails, has been introduced to an extraordinarily wide range of new foodstuffs and new ways of preparing food. Consequently the range of his food desires has been much increased. But his desires are not allowed free play among this new and wide selection. The factor which narrows down his choice and curbs his desire is his poverty. The urban Native eats according to the capacity of his pocket and his food is usually the first item of expenditure which is marked out for especial economy

Assimilation (phonology · Demographic economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Expansive · Geography · Poverty · Residence · African history and culture studies

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Unique citing works4
Citations per year0,1
Citation span1986 - 2025 (40)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 4

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