Welcome to Mitchell's Plain
Filming a 'Model Township' during Apartheid
First Edition
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- Publisher
- Africae
- Author
- Ludmila Ommundsen Pessoa,
- Collection
- Monographs
- Language
- English
- Publisher Category
- Philosophy, literature, linguistics and history > History
- Publisher Category
- Applied Sciences > Urbanism and Territorial Development
- Publisher Category
- Economics and Social Sciences
- BISAC Subject Heading
- HIS000000 HISTORY > POL000000 POLITICAL SCIENCE > REF000000 REFERENCE > SOC000000 SOCIAL SCIENCE
- BIC subject category (UK)
- G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects > J Society & social sciences
- CLIL (Version 2013-2019)
- 3377 HISTOIRE > 3801 OUVRAGES DE DOCUMENTATION > 3080 SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES
- Title First Published
- 27 January 2023
- Type of Work
- Monograph
Paperback
- Product Detail
- 1
- Publication Date
- 23 January 2023
- ISBN-13
- 9782493207043
- Extent
- Absolute page count : 192
- Code
- 107211
- Dimensions
- 15 x 23 cm
- List Price
- 17.00 €
- ONIX XML
- Version 2.1, Version 3
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Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 – Mitchell's Plain and the Branding of Apartheid
The Birth of a New "Model" Housing Development for the Coloureds: Mitchell’s Plain
From the 1978 Information Scandal to the Birth of the Documentary Mitchells Plain (1980)
The Documentary film Mitchells Plain (1980): An Overview
Chapter 2 – Mitchell’s Plain as South Africa’s New Civilisation
Challenge
A Binary World View: Civilisation and Barbarism
Brazil, Zambia, India, and Malaysia: Convenient References?
Truth, Deception and Magic
Chapter 3 – The Miracle-like Engineering Adventure
In the “Heartland of South Africa’s Coloured Community”
From the Desert to the Metropolis with Mr Dudley
A Metropolis in the Promised Land
Chapter 4 – The Perfect Place: They Moved to Mitchell’s Plain and Lived Happily Ever After
Mrs Rinehart, the Caring Mother: Rewriting Education
Mr Claasens, the Self-Made Man: Rewriting Economy and Freedom
The Arendses: Home Sweet Home in a Civilised Group Areas Development
Appendix: Transcript
References