Di Nunzio, Marco, 1984-

The act of living : street life, marginality, and development in urban Ethiopia / Marco Di Nunzio. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (xiv, 245 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Migrants, gentlemen and thugs -- A thug's life -- Do not cross the red line -- Keep on hustlin' -- Life is a paradise -- The time of the bumpkins -- Embracing uncertainty.

"Explores why economic growth does not result in empowerment in Ethiopia, and how marginality is narrated and experienced in a time of promise"--



9781501735134 9781501735530

2018051959


Marginality, Social--Ethiopia--Addis Ababa.
Street life--Ethiopia--Addis Ababa.
Poor--Ethiopia--Addis Ababa.
Informal sector (Economics)--Ethiopia--Addis Ababa.
Ethnology--Ethiopia--Addis Ababa.


Electronic Books.

HN789 / .A286 2019