In the last decade, the South African state has been transformed dramatically, but the stubborn, menacing geography of apartheid still stands in the way of that country's visions of change. Environmentally degraded old homelands still scar the rural geography of South Africa.
Formerly segregated, now gated, neighborhoods still inhibit free movement. "Hostels, Sexuality, and the Apartheid Legacy" is a study of another such space, the converted male migrant worker hostel.
Professor Glen Elder identifies hostels as sites of public and domestic violence, literal destruction and...

In The Last Deoade, The South African State has been transformed dramatically, but the stubborn, menacing geography of apartheid still stands in the way of that country's visions of change. Environmentally degraded old homelands still scar the rural geography of South Africa. Formerly segregated, now gated, neighborhoods still inhibit free movement. Hostels, Sexuality, and the Apartheid Legacy is a study of another such space, the converted male migrant worker hostel. Professor Glen Elder identifies hostels as sites of public and domestic violence, literal destruction are rebuilding, and as...