Diversities old and new : migration and socio-spatial patterns in New York, Singapore and Johannesburg
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Diversities old and new : migration and socio-spatial patterns in New York, Singapore and Johannesburg
（Global diversities）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2015
Available at 2 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction: Migration, Cities, Diversities 'Old' and 'New'
- Steven Vertovec PART I: EXAMINING DIVERSITIES OLD AND NEW 2. Astoria, New York City
- Sofya Aptekar and Anna Cieslik 3. Jurong West, Singapore
- Laavanya Kathiravelu and Junjia Ye 4. Hillbrow, Johannesburg
- Rajohane Matshedisho and Alex Wafer PART II: DIVERSITIES AND SPACES: COMING TOGETHER AND REMAINING APART 5. Religion in Public Spaces of Astoria
- Anna Cieslik 6. Boundaries and Surveillance in Astoria
- Sofya Aptekar 7. Encounter, Transport and Transitory Spaces in Jurong West
- Laavanya Kathiravelu 8. Flea Markets and Familiar Strangers in Jurong West
- Junjia Ye 9. Homelessness in Berea Park, Hillbrow
- Rajohane Matshedisho 10. Precarity and Intimacy in Super-Diverse Hillbrow
- Alex Wafer PART III: SOCIAL-SPATIAL PATTERNS OF ENCOUNTERING DIVERSITY 11. Route-ines 12. Rooms without Walls 13. Corridors of Dissociation 14. Conclusion
- Steven Vertovec
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