GROWING UP IN THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA, childhood and adolescence in post-apartheid Cape Town

358pp., maps, colour illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2010

This book by Rachel Bray, Imke Gooskens, Lauren Kahn, Sue Moses and Jeremy Seekings, all based at the time at the Centre for Social Science Research at the University of Cape Town, is based on ethnographic research conducted in the Fish Hoek Valley, with the participants in the study being drawn from the communities of Fish Hoek, Ocean View and Masiphumelele.

"This thought-provoking book provides rare and nuanced insight into the everyday lives of young people in post-apartheid South Africa. The social complexities it unravels make it essential reading for African scholars and for those interested in international childhood studies." Allison James, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre for the Study of Childhood and Youth, University of Sheffield