Making a Life Bridget N. O'Connor Miguel Gandert's compelling black-and-white images

Miguel Gandert's compelling black-and-white images document the hotel and the vibrant mariachi community of the "Garibaldi Plaza of Los Angeles

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the book culminates with a critical analysis of Salman Rushdie's controversial novel

National University of Ireland

and to express powerful social critiques that helped them make sense of their lives

Making a Life Bridget N. O'Connor Miguel Gandert's compelling black-and-white imagesMaking a Life explores the dynamic everyday life making strategies of young men in Zandspruit, a sprawling informal settlement on the outskirts of Johannesburg. In many ways Zandspruit typifies the precariousness of life within South Africa, where two thirds of young people lack waged employment. However, rather than seeing Zandspruit as dumping ground, Hannah Dawson calls for an integrated understanding of the complex linkages between people's lives