WRITING THE CITY INTO BEING - ESSAYS ON JOHANNESBURG IN SOUTH AFRICA

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 10 working days Writing the City into Being is Bremner's long-awaited collection of essays, spanning more than a decade of work on Johannesburg. It is both an unflinching analysis of the characteristics of an extraordinary city and a work of imagination – a bringing of the evasive city into being through writing. Johannesburg has become a touchstone in critical thinking on the development of the twenty-first-century city, attracting scholars from around the world who seek to understand how cities are changing in the face of urban migration in all its myriad forms and the inflow of foreign capital and interest. Bremner is at the forefront of this scholarship. Her intimate knowledge of the city makes this a deeply personal but authoritative collection of essays. Features Summary Writing the City into Being is Bremner's long-awaited collection of essays, spanning more than a decade of work on Johannesburg. Author Lindsay Bremner Publisher Fourthwall Books Release date 20100901 Pages 347 ISBN 0-9869850-0-7 ISBN 13 978-0-9869850-0-3