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Consumerism and its dissidents: a social history of white South Africa, c 1950s -1970s
In general South African historiography has been marked by constant emphasis on apartheid, black resistance and formal Afrikaner politics has.
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Gender, Luxury, Waste: New Intersections in Southern Consumption Theory
This project will bring together original, recently completed empirical work examining cultural and media dimensions of three key facets of contemporary consumer culture in the global south, with a view to generating new theory relevant to consumption in the global south.
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The new middle class in Africa in comparative perspective
Comparative perspectives from the global south can tell us much about the meteoric rise of the new middle class in Africa.
