The Sight and Soul of Sophiatown

The Sight and Soul of Sophiatown

Until demolition in the late 1950s, Sophiatown was a black freehold township that was a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Overcrowding, squalor, poverty, violence, and rack-renting characterized Sophiatown as a slum. Balanced against these characteristics were the attributes of community, freedo...

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Veröffentlicht in:Geographical review 1984-01, Vol.74 (1), p.38-47
Hauptverfasser: Hart, Deborah M., Pirie, Gordon H.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Barracks
Grasslands
Houses
Poverty
Renaissance literature
Slums
Soul
Suburbs
Towns
Vitality
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Zusammenfassung:Until demolition in the late 1950s, Sophiatown was a black freehold township that was a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Overcrowding, squalor, poverty, violence, and rack-renting characterized Sophiatown as a slum. Balanced against these characteristics were the attributes of community, freedom, liveliness, and variety that gave the suburb a unique personality among black townships in the metropolitan area. South African literature in English preserves the enigma of Sophiatown, the spirit of a black urban slum.
ISSN:0016-7428
DOI:10.2307/214759