Cover illustration: Senzeni Marasela, Last Known Location (2018). Detail. Red cotton embroidery on kaffir sheet. 150 × 90 cm. Courtesy of the artist.
Volume published with the support of the Association of Francophone Universities – Indian Ocean (AUF-OI), The French Institute of South Africa (IFAS – Recherche) and Wallonie-Bruxelles International (WBI).
Ouvrage publié avec le soutien de l’Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie – Océan Indien (AUF-OI), L’Institut Français d’Afrique du Sud (IFAS – Recherche) et Wallonie-Bruxelles International (WBI).
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Arnold, Markus, 1980– editor. | Lacroix, Thomas, editor. | Misrahi-Barak, Judith, editor.
Title: Reconfiguring the postcolonial city : urban ecotones in the Global South / edited by Markus Arnold, Thomas Lacroix, Judith Misrahi-Barak.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2025] | Series: Francopolyphonies, 1574–2032 ; volume 37 | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Text in English and French.
Identifiers: LCCN 2024033572 (print) | LCCN 2024033573 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004713833 (hardback ; alk. paper) | ISBN 9789004713857 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Cities and towns in literature. | Cities and towns in mass media. | Urbanization—Developing countries. | Developing countries—Emigration and immigration—Social aspects.
Classification: LCC PN56.C55 R43 2025 (print) | LCC PN56.C55 (ebook) | DDC 808.8/035820973—dc23/eng/20241011
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LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024033573
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ISSN 1574-2032
ISBN 978-90-04-71383-3 (hardback)
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DOI 10.1163/9789004713857
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