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Autore |
Sahle Eunice N |
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Titolo |
Globalization and Socio-Cultural Processes in Contemporary Africa / / by Eunice N. Sahle |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2015 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2015.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (287 p.) |
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Collana |
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Contemporary African Political Economy |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ethnology—Africa |
Sociology |
Africa—Politics and government |
Globalization |
Ethnology |
Area studies |
African Culture |
Sociology, general |
African Politics |
Cultural Anthropology |
Area Studies |
Africa Social conditions 21st century |
Africa Social life and customs 21st century |
Africa Civilization 21st century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Part I Sociocultural Processes; 2 Globalization, Cybersexuality Among Ghanaian Youth, and Moral Panic; 3 "Marriage is the Solution": Born-Again Christianity, American Global Health Policy, and the Ugandan Effort to Prevent HIV/AIDS; 4 Globalization and New Christian Geographies in Africa: A Cautionary Optimism amidst Growing Afropessimism; 5 Contemporary Islamic |
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Discourses in Senegal: Between the Local and the Global; 6 Language Policies in East Africa; Part II Cultural Production |
7 Globalization and African Cinema: Distribution and Reception in the Anglophone Region8 African Cultural Producers and Border Thinking: Dennis Brutus, Micere Mugo, Ousmane Sembène, and Ngugi wa Thiong'o; 9 Missionaries for Capital: Brand Marketers and MusicSponsorship in Uganda; 10 Soul to Soul: Hip Hop, Globalization, and Africa; List of Contributors; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In different but complementary ways, the chapters in this collection provide a deeper understanding of socio-cultural processes in various parts of the African continent. They do so in the context of contemporary mediated processes of globalization, and emphasize the agency of Africans. |
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