Middle class construction: domestic architecture, aesthetics and anxieties in Tanzania.

This paper examines the new styles of houses under construction in contemporary Tanzania and suggests that they can be understood as the material manifestation of middle class growth. Through an examination of the architecture, interior decor and compound space in a sample of these new houses in urb...

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Publicado en:	Journal of Modern African Studies Vol. 52; no. 2; pp. 227 - 251
Autor principal:	Mercer, Claire
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Cambridge University Press Jun2014
Materias:	Tanzania Domestic architecture Middle class Class differences Social history African architecture African interior decoration African aesthetics Ujamaa villages
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