Undressing Durban /

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Other Authors: Pattman, Rob., Sultan Khan.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durban, South Africa : Madiba Publishers, Univ. of KwaZulu-Natal, 2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • Section 1:
  • Introducing Durban.
  • If it's Durbs it's poison! : An alternative introduction to Durban for tourists /
  • Woody Aroun
  • Theatre of dreams : narrating consumption, exclusion and banality in Durban /
  • Bernard Bubbeld
  • Old wine in new bottles : striving for the impossible in Durban /
  • Elias Cebekhulu and Evan Mantzaris
  • Section 2:
  • Outsiders in Durban (and Durbanites as outsiders).
  • I'm an African not a coloured /
  • Wesley Oakes
  • Being a young Black woman from Botswana in Durban /
  • One Selohilwe
  • A Creole Mauritian with an olive skin coming to Durban /
  • Marie Saramandif
  • Growing up in Durban and going on Holiday to Europe /
  • Sheritha Grindlay
  • Foreign migrants in the inner city of Durban /
  • Biniam Misgun
  • Section 3:
  • Mixed 'race' heterosexual partners in Durban.
  • But, what will your children be? /
  • Serrenta Naidoo
  • Our mothers don't mind, so why should you? /
  • Anne Holloway
  • 'Guess who's coming for dinner?' and other suburban tales of horror /
  • Megan Kleyn
  • Section 4:
  • Sport, entertainment and relaxation.
  • The white and black sands of the Durban beachfront /
  • Biniam Misgun and Wesley Oakes
  • Nightlife in Durban and 'racial' divisions /
  • Shabashni Moodley
  • Durban sport : a theatre of spaces /
  • Lawrence Gordon and Stephen Gordon
  • Section 5:
  • Transport and residential spaces in Durban.
  • Public transport challenges in Durban : travelling the road to the World Cup 2010 /
  • Sultan Khan
  • Durban's Albert Park Residential Area : a hundred years on /
  • Simon Mapadimeng
  • Section 6:
  • Shack dwellers.
  • 'If you can't die first' : fire, water and women in the shack settlements in Durban /
  • Shannon Walsh
  • Life and death in Banana City /
  • Evan Mantzaris and Elias Cebekhulu
  • Struggles and triumphs of shack dwellers /
  • Fazel Khan
  • Section 7:
  • Living on the streets and in shelters in Durban.
  • The voices of street children in Durban shelters /
  • Jackson Kariuki
  • Challenging stereotypes of street children /
  • Shanta Singh
  • Down but not out in central Durban : 'streetwisdom' and survival in a post-apartheid city /
  • Geoff Waters
  • Scenes from an urban underworld /
  • Thorin Roberts
  • Section 8:
  • Fear of crime and moral panics.
  • Glimpses through the cage of fear : international students experience Durban /
  • Ravi Baghel and Anna Mayr
  • Normalising life in Durban : bringing people back to its streets /
  • Ercument Celik and Azad Essa
  • Undressing the crime discourse in South Africa /
  • Ralph Callebert
  • Defending animals, defending suburbs, defending civilisation /
  • Richard Ballard
  • The security challenge for Durban's tourism authority /
  • Sabrina Grosse Kettler
  • Section 9:
  • Gangsters.
  • The 'devil' himself walks through the streets of Durban /
  • Elias Cebekhulu and Evan Mantzaris
  • Coloured 'gangs' as communities in Newlands East /
  • Wesley Oakes
  • Two women researching (male) 'gangsters' in Newlands East /
  • Subashini Govender and One Selohilwe
  • Section 10:
  • Punishments.
  • Overcrowding in a Durban prison /
  • Shanta Singh
  • Corporal punishment in a Durban school /
  • Lee-Ann Inderpal
  • Section 11:
  • Indian identities and culture.
  • Drawing the curtain : Indian cinema in the Grey Street Complex /
  • Ebrahim Essa
  • The Gujarati trading class within the Indian community : shaped and styled by historical contradictions /
  • Kalpana Hiralal
  • Living a double life : home and university /
  • Sandhisha Jay Narain
  • The minority report : undressing 'Indians' in Durban /
  • Kathryn Pillay
  • Section 12:
  • Black African identities and culture.
  • Black solidarity and Black divisions /
  • Sibusiso Mpama
  • Homogenisation and Zulu nationalism in the Casino City /
  • Mxolisi Ngcongo and Humphrey Glass
  • Global cultural consumption and aesthetic choices of clothing within Durban /
  • Claudia Martinez-Mullen
  • Invoking 'culture' and sexuality : Black girls in mixed 'race' schools in Durban /
  • Rob Pattman and Deevia Bhana
  • Loving and Hating Jacob Zuma /
  • Wangari Muthuki and Rob Pattman
  • who am I? /
  • Tshque Harcharan
  • Section 13:
  • HIV and AIDS.
  • Voices of HIV positive young mothers /
  • Nirmala Gopal
  • The tree at Operation Bobbi Bear /
  • Hema Hargovan
  • Reflection on the activities of the support group in house number 233 /
  • Wangari Muthuki
  • Section 14:
  • University of KwaZulu-Natal.
  • The significance students attach to 'race' at the University of KwaZulu-Natal /
  • Rob Pattman
  • Coming to a foreign country : adjusting to the University of KwaZulu-Natal /
  • Ntokozo Zulu
  • Relinquishing my authority as teacher /
  • Kibbie Naidoo
  • Restructuring at the UKZN and job losses : the case of cleaners and grounds staff /
  • Mokong Simon Mapadimeng and Sthembiso Bhengu
  • The problems of being a junior academic at UKZN /
  • Shaun Ruggunan
  • The importance of communicating freely /
  • Nithaya Chetty
  • Section 15:
  • Women sex workers in Durban.
  • Dehumanising street sex workers in Durban /
  • Faith ka-Manzi
  • The women of Durban's dockside sex industry /
  • Henry Trotter
  • Section 16:
  • Challenging local and global inequalities.
  • Wonderwoman vs the World Bank /
  • Ari Sitas
  • Undressing /
  • contributors.