Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: Afropolis 1
5. 1. Aesthetics of Superfluity 37
6. 2. People as Infrastructure 68
7. 3. Stylizing the Self 91
8. 4. Gandhi, Mandela, and the African Modern 119
9. 5. Art Johannesburg and Its Objects 137
10. 6. The Suffering Body of the City 170
11. 7. Literary City 195
12. Voice Lines
13. Instant City 221
14. Soweto Now 239
15. The Arrivants 248
16. Johannesburg, Metropolis of Mozambique 259
17. Sounds in the City 271
18. Nocturnal Johannesburg 285
19. Megamalls, Generic City 297
20. Yeoville Confidential 307
21. From the Ruins: The Constitution Hill Project 317
22. Reframing Township Space 337
23. Afterword: The Risk of Johannesburg 351
24. Bibliography 355
25. Contributors 375
26. Additional Illustration Credits 379
27. Index 381