Improvised Lives: Rhythms of Endurance in an Urban South

by AbdouMaliq Simone

Book Overview

The poor and working people in cities of the South find themselves in urban spaces that are conventionally construed as places to reside or inhabit. But what if we thought of popular districts in more expansive ways that capture what really goes on within them? In such cities, popular districts are the settings of more uncertain operations that take place under the cover of darkness, generating uncanny alliances among disparate bodies, materials...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509523367
• ISBN13: 9781509523368
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"