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OverviewOnce a thriving, multiracial community, the Sophiatown suburb of Johannesburg was home to many famous artists, musicians, and poets. It was also a place where residential apartheid was first put into practice with forced removals, buildings bulldozed, and the construction of new, cheap housing for white public employees. David Thelen and Karie L. Morgan facilitate conversations among today's Sophiatown residents about how they share spaces, experiences, and values to raise and educate their children, earn a living, overcome crime, and shape their community for the good of all. As residents reflect on the past and the challenges they face in the future, they begin to work together to create a rich, diverse, safe, and welcoming post-Mandela South Africa. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David Thelen , Karie L. MorganPublisher: Indiana University Press Imprint: Indiana University Press Dimensions: Width: 19.10cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.467kg ISBN: 9780253017840ISBN 10: 025301784 Pages: 202 Publication Date: 01 June 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsMap of Sophiatown Preface to U.S. Edition Introduction to U.S. Edition David Thelen and Karie L. Morgan Chapter 1: Getting Acquainted with Neighbours on the Block Block Group Meeting–Good and Gold Streets–7 June 2009 Block Group Meeting–Bertha Street–24 June 2009 Chapter 2: Visualising a Shared Place and Making a Shared Past. Good and Gold Streets–Photovoice Discussion -28 June and 15 July 2009 Bertha Street–Photovoice Discussion–19 July 2009 Chapter 3: Making Family around Mealtimes Remembering Family Mealtimes: A Conversation among Sophiatown Cooking Club Members–15 October 2011 Glimpses of Cooking in Sophiatown Comment–Challenges of Modern Mealtimes: Reflections by René Lombardi–11 October 2012 Comment–Making Food and Heritage: Reflections by Tshepo Letsoalo– 13 September 2012 Chapter 4: Becoming Neighbours and Creating Community Community Raising a Family with Neighbours: A Workshop–23 May 2012 Comment–Getting to Know Neighbours and Choosing a Neighbourhood: Reflections by Sebastian van Rayne–25 November 2012 Comment–Overcoming Barriers to Become Better Neighbours: Reflections by Noeriena Hendricks–24 November 2012 Keeping your Family Safe: A Workshop–19 May 2012 Encountering and Helping People in Distress: A Conversation among Young People–9 October 2010 Comment – Growing Up and Helping Others: A Conversation between Two Sisters–8 November 2012 Comment–Making a Difference in your Community: Reflections by Noeriena Hendricks–18 November 2012 Comment–Helping South Africans in Need: Reflections by Charles Kwasi Asare– 9 November 2012 Chapter 5: Experiencing Change Living over Half a Century in a Changing Sophiatown: A Conversation with Long-time Residents–8 November 2011 Struggling with Memories of Triomf and Sophiatown: A Conversation between a Mother and Daughter–3 August 2009 Comparing Sophiatown and Westbury: A Conversation across Generations– 27 October 2012 New Choices and Responsibilities in the New South Africa: Conversations among Toby Street Residents–27 June and 4 August 2009 Encountering and Overcoming Shifting Barriers through the South African Transition–Reflections by Erica Moumakwa–29 October 2012 Exploring New Ways of Relating in the New South Africa: A Conversation with a Couple from the Old South Africa–10 May 2012 Contemplating Ways toward a New South African Future: A Visit to a Mysterious Room–4 October 2012 Epilogue Pastor Desmond Sheik AcknowledgementsReviewsThe conversation transcripts are rich with possibilities both analytical and practical and make for fascinating reading for historians of contemporary South Africa, as well as those interested in urban histories more broadly. -Journal of Contemporary History A distinctive and original contribution, this book engages with a community which has changed so much over the past 30 years. It underscores how people, isolated in their homes aspire to turn strangers into neighbors and asks about how to raise and educate children, how to sustain a family life, and how to overcome crime. It records conversations among groups, not individual interviews, and it illustrates how conversation itself can actually bring a community into being. -Philip Bonner, University of the Witwatersrand Building a New South Africa is quite wonderful. It's one of the few books I know that can breathe life into that worn word 'community' and do it with eloquent specificity. -Jackson Lears, Board of Governors Professor of History, Rutgers University Building a New South Africa is quite wonderful. It's one of the few books I know that can breathe life into that worn word 'community' and do it with eloquent specificity. Jackson Lears, Board of Governors Professor of History, Rutgers University Author InformationDavid Thelen is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at Indiana University. Karie L. Morgan is a postdoctoral fellow in history at the University of Johannesburg. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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