LOVE IN JOZI, the Black middle class, love and intimacy in Johannesburg

204pp., paperback, UJ Press, Johannesburg, 2024

ISBN: 9780906785317

Essays on relationships, societal expectations, and personal aspirations within Johannesburg’s Black middle class.

Contributions include;

'Precarious Love in the Black Middle Class: A conceptual discussion" by Grace Khunou

"Inadequate Mothers and Wives: The challenges of the Black middle-class position" by Puleng Kaziboni

"Gender and Money in Cohabiting Relationships among Coloured Heterosexual Middle-Class Couples" by L'Oréal Laria Magro

"Black Middle-Class Gay Men and Queer Intimacy: Stereotypical roles and signifying money in relationships" by Katlego Vincent Scheepers.

Grace Khunou is a Professor of Sociology and Director of Scholarship in the Department of Leadership and Transformation, University of South Africa. She is editor of Black Academic Voices, the South African experience; Does the Black Middle Class Exist and Are We Members? Refections from a research team, and The Emergent Middle Class.