LEADER 04527nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910453919603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-92124-6 010 $a9786611921248 010 $a90-474-2103-5 024 7 $a10.1163/ej.9789004156968.i-345 035 $a(CKB)1000000000549749 035 $a(EBL)467827 035 $a(OCoLC)648557495 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000252356 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11220670 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000252356 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10175530 035 $a(PQKB)11452366 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC467827 035 $a(OCoLC)153579319 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789047421030 035 $a(PPN)170755088 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL467827 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10270703 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL192124 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000549749 100 $a20071022d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aStrength beyond structure$b[electronic resource] $esocial and historical trajectories of agency in Africa /$fedited by Miriam [sic] de Bruijn, Rijk van Dijk, Jan-Bart Gewald 210 $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cBrill$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (355 p.) 225 1 $aAfrican dynamics,$x1568-1777 ;$vv. 6 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-15696-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tPreliminary Materials /$rM. De Bruijn , J.-B. Gewald and R. Van Dijk -- $t1 - Social And Historical Trajectories Of Agency In Africa: An Introduction /$rRijk Van Dijk , Mirjam De Bruijn and Jan-Bart Gewald -- $t2 - Manchester As The Birth Place Of Modern Agency Research: The Manchester School Explained From The Perspective Of Evans-Pritchard?s Book The Nuer /$rWim Van Binsbergen -- $t3 - Dreams And Agency During Angola?s War Of Independence /$rInge Brinkman -- $t4 - Chief Hosea Kutako: A Herero Royal And Namibian Nationalist?s Life Against Confinement 1870?1970 /$rJan-Bart Gewald -- $t5 - Agency In Kapsiki Religion: A Comparative Approach /$rWouter Van Beek -- $t6 - Les Enveloppes Pour Papa Daniel: La Transformation Des Relations Domestiques Dans Les Ménages Des Congolais De La Diaspora /$rJulie Ndaya -- $t7 - From Individual Act To Social Agency In San Trance Rituals /$rThomas Widlok -- $t8 - The Dynamics Of Families, Their Work And Provisioning Strategies In The Changing Economies In The Urban Townships Of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe /$rOtrude N. Moyo -- $t9 - Images Of Africa: Agency And Nature Conservation In South Africa /$rMalcolm Draper , Marja Spierenburg and Harry Wels -- $t10 - Solitary Births In Téra, Niger: A Local Quest For Safety /$rGertie Janssen -- $t11 - Agency In And From The Margins: Street Children And Youth In N?Djaména, Chad /$rMirjam De Bruijn -- $t12 - Negotiating The Memory Of Fulbe Hierarchy Among Mobile Elite Women /$rLotte Pelckmans -- $t13 - The Safe And Suffering Body In Transnational Ghanaian Pentecostalism; Towards An Anthropology Of Vulnerable Agency /$rRijk Van Dijk -- $tEpilogue Theorizing Agency In And On Africa: The Questions Are Key /$rFrancis Nyamnjoh -- $tList Of Authors /$rM. De Bruijn , J.-B. Gewald and R. Van Dijk. 330 $aThis book explores the notion of agency in a range of empirical situations in Africa. Agency directs our quest for an understanding of the dynamics and social transformations of African situations to the domains of creativity, inventiveness and reflexivity. It emphasizes the possibilities individuals and social groups perceive when faced with the constraints that tend to mark African social life. The case studies provide an alternative view of people and society in Africa by looking at the ways social strength is created in the hope of overcoming many of the structural limitations encountered in daily life. 'Strength beyond Structure' challenges the optimism that is engrained in the development rhetoric about Africa by making agency the subject of empirical scrutiny. 410 0$aAfrican dynamics ;$v6. 607 $aAfrica$xSocial conditions$y1960- 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a302.096 701 $aBruijn$b Mirjam de$f1962-$0901197 701 $aDijk$b Rijk van$f1959-$0864322 701 $aGewald$b Jan-Bart$0692713 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453919603321 996 $aStrength beyond structure$92017519 997 $aUNINA