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Table of Contents

Introduction | 1
1 A South African City | 27
2 The Sense of Community | 46
Interlude 1: Football, Community, and Politics | 71
3 “We Are the People Who Stay with Them in the Township” | 75
4 “My Blood Is Still Here, in UPM” | 102
Interlude 2: What Really Matters | 121
5 “It Is Moral to Rebel” | 129
6 “We Do Not Discuss Politics” | 148
7 Leaders in the Communities | 174
Interlude 3: Breakups | 194
8 Lost in Transition? | 199
9 The Community, the Movement, and the “Outside World” | 228
10 “Yes, We Do the Same Thing” | 246
Epilogue | 263
Acknowledgments | 269
Notes | 271
Works Cited | 287
Index | 307

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      Publisher: Fordham University Press
      Publication Date: 17/05/2022
      ISBN13: 9780823299959, 978-0823299959
      ISBN10: 0823299953
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      African history Poverty and precarity Social and cultural anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents

      Introduction | 1
      1 A South African City | 27
      2 The Sense of Community | 46
      Interlude 1: Football, Community, and Politics | 71
      3 “We Are the People Who Stay with Them in the Township” | 75
      4 “My Blood Is Still Here, in UPM” | 102
      Interlude 2: What Really Matters | 121
      5 “It Is Moral to Rebel” | 129
      6 “We Do Not Discuss Politics” | 148
      7 Leaders in the Communities | 174
      Interlude 3: Breakups | 194
      8 Lost in Transition? | 199
      9 The Community, the Movement, and the “Outside World” | 228
      10 “Yes, We Do the Same Thing” | 246
      Epilogue | 263
      Acknowledgments | 269
      Notes | 271
      Works Cited | 287
      Index | 307

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