Bernard Dubbeld

Bernard Dubbeld is a PhD Candidate in Anthropology and History at the University of Chicago. Before that, he received his BA (Honours) in Philosophy and Masters in History at UKZN. His PhD focuses on the relationship between masculinity and the effects of the decline of wage work in KwaZulu-Natal, and considers how people create communities and forge social bonds as mechanisms of survival and social reproduction.

In his chapter, Theatre of Dreams, Narrating Consumption, Exclusion and Banality in Durban, Bernard takes the reader on a tour of Durban. It provides a fascinating cultural geography in and around the city, moving from downtown Durban to the suburban spaces near and further away from the city.

Reference:
Dubbeld, Bernard. 'Theatre of Dreams, Narrating Consumption, Exclusion and Banality in Durban', in Rob Pattman and Sultan Khan (Eds.), Undressing Durban (Durban: Madiba Press, 2007), pp. 68-73.