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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819079203321

Autore

Sahle Eunice N

Titolo

Globalization and Socio-Cultural Processes in Contemporary Africa / / by Eunice N. Sahle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2015

ISBN

1-137-51914-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Collana

Contemporary African Political Economy

Disciplina

306.096

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

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



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

Sommario/riassunto

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.