Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Abbreviations xv
6. Non-English Words and Phrases xvii
7. A Note on Currency xix
8. Introduction: The Wellsprings of Consumption and Debt in South Africa 1
9. 1. Indebtedness, Consumption, and Marriage: The New Middle Class 35
10. 2. Regulating Credit: Tackling the Redistributiveness of Neoliberalism 60
11. 3. “Ride the Camel”: Borrowing and Lending in Context 92
12. 4. “You Don’t Keep Money All the Time”: Savings Clubs and Social Mobility 118
13. 5. South Africa’s Credit Crunch: Narratives and Neighborhoods 147
14. 6. “The History of That House Keeps You Out”: Property and the New Entrepreneur 173
15. 7. New Subjectivities: Advice, Aspiration, and Prosperity 201
16. Conclusion 227
17. Notes 241
18. Bibliography 257
19. Index 273