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Street Life under a Roof
Author(s) -
Margaretten Emily
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
anthropology and humanism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.153
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1548-1409
pISSN - 1559-9167
DOI - 10.1111/j.1548-1409.2009.01036.x
Subject(s) - abandonment (legal) , cohabitation , narrative , ethnography , sociology , gender studies , genealogy , history , geography , political science , anthropology , art , archaeology , law , literature
SUMMARY This article offers a story about community formation right along the sidelines of the streets. It traces the transitory movements of youth in South Africa, their sojourns from the streets to shelters and places of their own making. Blending personal narratives with ethnographic description and analyses, this article illustrates a crossing over of moments in which abandonment and abuse give rise to instances of companionship, care, and cohabitation.