Mobile urbanity Somali presence in urban East Africa / edited by Neil Carrier and Tabea Scharrer.
| Other author | Carrier, Neil C. M. |
| Other author | Scharrer, Tabea. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Berghahn Books, 2019. |
| Description | xi, 251 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Integration and conflict studies ; v. 20 Integration and conflict studies ; v. 20. ^A1165125 |
| Contents | Foreword. Being and becoming mobile / Yusuf Hassan -- Introduction / Tabea Scharrer and Neil Carrier -- Part I. Urbanity -- The Somali factor in urban Kenya: a history / Hannah Whittaker -- The port and the island. Cosmopolitan and vernacular identity constructions among Somali women in Nairobi and Johannesburg / Nereida Ripero-Muniz -- Being Oromo in Nairobi's 'Little Mogadishu': superdiversity, moral community and the open economy / Neil Carrier and Hassan H. Kochore -- Part II. Economic networks -- Demanding and commanding goods: the Eastleigh transformation told through the 'lives' of its commodities / Neil Carrier and Hannah Elliott -- Capital mobilization among the Somali refugee business community in Eastleigh, Nairobi / John Mwangi Githigaro and Kenneth Omeje -- Challenging the status quo from the bottom up? Gender and enterprise in Somali migrant communities in Nairobi, Kenya / Holly A. Ritchie -- Reinventing retail - 'Somali' shopping centres in Kenya / Tabea Scharrer -- Part III. The politics of Somali mobility -- Perpetually in transit: Somalian refugees in a context of increasing hostility / Lucy Lowe and Mark Yarnell -- Framing the swoop: a comparative analysis of the Operation Usalama Watch in Muslim and secular print media in Kenya / Joseph Wandera and Halkano A. Wario -- Beyond Eastleigh: a new Little Mogadishu in Uganda? / Gianluca Iazzolino -- Afterword / Gunther Schlee. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019009573 |
| ISBN | 9781789202960 (hardback ; alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |