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Landlords and Lodgers: Socio-Spatial Organization in an Accra Community
Deborah Pellow
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Description for Landlords and Lodgers: Socio-Spatial Organization in an Accra Community
Paperback. Analyzes the results of a long-term study of a Ghanaian zongo, or "stranger quarter" - a place of refuge for Hausa migrants from northern Nigeria who have relocated to the city of Accra. This volume is suitable for students and scholars of the relationships between architecture, migration, and social change. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 halftones, 4 maps, 45 figures. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
"Landlords and Lodgers" analyzes the results of a long-term study of a Ghanaian zongo, or "stranger quarter" - a place of refuge for Hausa migrants from northern Nigeria who have relocated to the city of Accra. Deborah Pellow explores the relationships among community members both in terms of the built structures - rooms, doors, communal structures, and hallways - and of the social networks, institutions, and routine activities that define this unique urban neighborhood. This volume will be useful to students and scholars of the relationships between architecture, migration, and social change.
"Landlords and Lodgers" analyzes the results of a long-term study of a Ghanaian zongo, or "stranger quarter" - a place of refuge for Hausa migrants from northern Nigeria who have relocated to the city of Accra. Deborah Pellow explores the relationships among community members both in terms of the built structures - rooms, doors, communal structures, and hallways - and of the social networks, institutions, and routine activities that define this unique urban neighborhood. This volume will be useful to students and scholars of the relationships between architecture, migration, and social change.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226653976
SKU
V9780226653976
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99-50
About Deborah Pellow
Deborah Pellow is professor of anthropology and director of Integrated Studies in Space and Place at Syracuse University. She is the author of numerous books, including Setting Boundaries: The Anthropology of Spatial and Social Organization.
Reviews for Landlords and Lodgers: Socio-Spatial Organization in an Accra Community
"This richly observed and lovingly constructed portrait of a distinctive community will be of interest to spatially informed scholars of religion, immigration, minority communities, and gender." - Gender, Place and Culture "This theoretically informed, well-researched, and closely written book should be quite useful.... A fine case study of urban sense of place in a unique, yet in some ways emblematic, ... Read more