Diversities old and new: migration and socio-spatial patterns in New York, Singapore and Johannesburg
Diversities Old and New provides comparative analyses of new urban patterns that arise under conditions of rapid, migration-driven diversification, including transformations of social categories, social relations and public spaces. Ethnographic findings in neighbourhoods of New York, Singapore and J...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Basingstoke
Palgrave Macmillan
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Series/Journal: | Global diversities
Global Diversities Ser. |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Urban sociology
/ Diversity
/ Migration
/ Race relations in literature
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Immigrants--New York (State)--New York B Immigrants--South Africa B Migration B New York (State)--New York--Ethnic relations B Singapore--Ethnic relations B Immigrants--Singapore B South Africa--Ethnic relations B Electronic books |
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| Summary: | Diversities Old and New provides comparative analyses of new urban patterns that arise under conditions of rapid, migration-driven diversification, including transformations of social categories, social relations and public spaces. Ethnographic findings in neighbourhoods of New York, Singapore and Johannesburg are presented. Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables, Maps and Photos -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Introduction: Migration, Cities, Diversities 'Old' and 'New' -- Part I: Examining Diversities Old and New -- 2 Astoria, New York City -- 3 Jurong West, Singapore -- 4 Hillbrow, Johannesburg -- Part II: Diversities and Spaces: Coming Together and Remaining Apart -- 5 Religion in Public Spaces of Astoria -- 6 Boundaries and Surveillance in Astoria -- 7 Encounter, Transport and Transitory Spaces -- 8 Flea Markets and Familiar Strangers in Jurong West -- 9 Homelessness in Berea Park, Hillbrow -- 10 Precarity and Intimacy in Super-Diverse Hillbrow -- Part III: Socio-Spatial Patterns of Encountering Diversity -- 11 Route-ines -- Circumscribed mobilities, Junjia Ye and Alex Wafer -- Market exchanges, Sofya Aptekar and Rajohane Matshedisho -- For the kids, Laavanya Kathiravelu and Anna Cieslik -- Conclusion -- 12 Rooms without Walls -- The closest of proximities, Sofya Aptekar and Laavanya Kathiravelu -- Cards and clusters, Junjia Ye and Alex Wafer -- Soccer as social glue, Rajohane Matshedisho and Sofya Aptekar -- Singular and multiple affinities, Anna Cieslik and Junjia Ye -- Conclusion -- 13 Corridors of Dissociation -- Chosen paths? Alex Wafer and Junjia Ye -- Talk to me, Anna Cieslik and Rajohane Matshedisho -- Exclusive or exclusionary? Laavanya Kathiravelu and Alex Wafer -- Conclusion -- 14 Conclusion -- References -- Index. |
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| ISBN: | 1137495480 |