Landlords and Lodgers

Socio-Spatial Organization in an Accra Community

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

Av Deborah Pellow

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"Landlords and Lodgers" analyzes the results of a long-term study of a Ghanaian zongo, or "stranger quarter" - a place of refuge for Hausa migrants from northern Nigeria who have relocated to the city of Accra. Deborah Pellow explores the relationships among community members both in terms of the built structures - rooms, doors, communal structures, and hallways - and of the social networks, institutions, and routine activities that define this unique urban neighborhood. This volume will be useful to students and scholars of the relationships between architecture, migration, and social change.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2008-07-01
Mått15 x 23 x 2 mm
Vikt425 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor280
FörlagThe University of Chicago Press
ISBN9780226653976

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"This richly observed and lovingly constructed portrait of a distinctive community will be of interest to spatially informed scholars of religion, immigration, minority communities, and gender." - Gender, Place and Culture "This theoretically informed, well-researched, and closely written book should be quite useful.... A fine case study of urban sense of place in a unique, yet in some ways emblematic, West African neighborhood." - Gareth Myers, Professional Geographer "A valuable study of the interconnectedness between the built environment, social practices, and changing identity. Pellow's intimate familiarity with the setting, history, and people of Sabon Zongo has enabled her to produce a rare urban ethnography that does justice to the macro structure and functions of the city without losing sight of the individual actors who inhabit and reproduce Accra's physicality and meaning." - Trevor Marchand, Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review"