Suburban Fear, Media and Gated Communities in Durban, South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorDurington, Matthew Slover
dc.contributor.departmentTowson University. Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justiceen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-08T14:46:50Z
dc.date.available2019-05-08T14:46:50Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractA disjuncture between the reality of crime and its perception has created a culture of fear within South Africa that bolsters gated community development and an accompanying fear industry that supports media, private security companies, and a number of other industries that provide security apparatuses. Is the establishment of gated communities an irrational response to perceptions of crime in South Africa in the twenty-first century? Or, are they deemed necessary in a perceived culture of violence that exists in the country? The article explores these questions through ethnographic research with residents of a gated community and the security company hired to provide security for the estate reflecting on the reality and perceptions of crime in the "New" South Africa.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2752/174063109X380026en_US
dc.format.extent18 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2zxew-lhhf
dc.identifier.citationDurington, M. (2009). Suburban fear, media and gated communities in Durban, South Africa. Home Cultures, (6)1, 71-88. doi: 10.2752/174063109X380026en_US
dc.identifier.issn1740-6315
dc.identifier.issn1751-7427
dc.identifier.uri10.2752/174063109X380026
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/13800
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtTowson University
dc.relation.ispartofseriesHome cultures;volume 6, number 1
dc.subjectGated communitiesen_US
dc.subjectPost-apartheid era -- South Africaen_US
dc.subjectEthnologyen_US
dc.subjectEthnographyen_US
dc.subjectRacism in mass mediaen_US
dc.subjectDurban (South Africa)en_US
dc.subjectCrimeen_US
dc.subjectPrivate security servicesen_US
dc.titleSuburban Fear, Media and Gated Communities in Durban, South Africaen_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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