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Sun tropes : Sun City and (post-)apartheid culture in South Africa / Marietta Kesting and Aljoscha Weskott (eds.)

Catalog Data

Author:
Kesting, Marietta  Search this
Weskott, Aljoscha  Search this
Physical description:
291 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 18 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
South Africa
Sun City
Sun City (South Africa)
Date:
2009
C2009
20th century
Contents:
Dream machine-- introduction / Marietta Kesting and Aljoscha Weskott -- The real monuments of apartheid / Ivan Vladislavić -- Sun City and Lwandle : making apartheid museums / Leslie Witz -- Camp Ledig and other photographs / David Goldblatt -- Sun City and beyond-- a series of photographs / Marietta Kesting and Aljoscha Weskott -- Sun City gave us the feeling that we were connected to the outside world / Gwen Gill -- And these are our addictions / Kgebetli Moele -- Dreams of disco in Hillbrow : entertainment in Johannesburg / Marietta Kesting -- It was such a wonderful strike / Lucas Ramalthodi -- Mapping fun in the sun at 'Africa's kingdom of pleasure' / Jeanne van Eeden -- Entertainment acted as a glue for hostile parties / Miranda Strydom -- Lost cities : urbanity after apartheid / Shahed Saleem -- Consumption or collectivity? : malls and working class life on the East Rand / Bridget Kenny -- Sun City as a form of life : images of the golf estate Dainfern / Aljoscha Weskott
Topic:
Popular culture  Search this
Amusements  Search this
Recreation  Search this
Resorts  Search this
Apartheid--Social aspects  Search this
Post-apartheid era  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_972479