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Author:

James, Deborah, Dr., author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2001032610

Title:

Money from nothing : indebtedness and aspiration in South Africa / Deborah James.

Publisher:

Wits University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xix, 282 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Subject:

Debt--South Africa.
Consumer credit--South Africa.
Social mobility--South Africa.
Social status--South Africa.
Consumption (Economics)--South Africa.
Blacks--South Africa--Economic conditions.
Blacks--South Africa--Social conditions.
South Africa--Social conditions--1994-
Blacks--Economic conditions.
Blacks--Social conditions.
Consumer credit.
Consumption (Economics)
Debt.
Social conditions.
Social mobility.
Social status.
South Africa.
Since 1994

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

1868146898
9781868146895

OCLC:

(OCoLC)915044691

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)