Street Life Under a Roof: Youth Homelessness in South Africa

by Emily Margaretten

Point Place stands near the city center of Durban, South Africa. Condemned and off the grid, the five-story apartment building is nonetheless home to a hundred-plus teenagers and young adults marginalized by poverty and chronic unemployment. In Street Life under a Roof, Emily Margaretten draws on ten years of up-close fieldwork to explore the distinct cultural universe of the Point Place community. Margaretten's sensitive investigations reveal how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252081110
• ISBN13: 9780252081118
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"