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Money from nothing : indebtedness and aspiration in South Africa
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Money from nothing : indebtedness and aspiration in South Africa / Deborah James.
ISBN
9780804791113
0804791112
9780804792677
0804792674
Publication
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2015]
Physical Description
xix, 282 pages ; 24 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 17, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : the wellsprings of consumption and debt in South Africa
Indebtedness, consumption, and marriage : the new middle class
Regulating credit : tackling the redistributiveness of neoliberalism
"Ride the camel" : borrowing and lending in context
"You don't keep money all the time" : savings clubs and social mobility
South Africa's credit crunch : narratives and neighborhoods
"The history of that house keeps you out" : property and the new entrepreneur
New subjectivities : advice, aspiration, and prosperity.
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