Vai al contenuto principale della pagina
Autore: |
Sahle Eunice N
![]() |
Titolo: |
Globalization and Socio-Cultural Processes in Contemporary Africa [[electronic resource] /] / by Eunice N. Sahle
![]() |
Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2015 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. 2015. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
Disciplina: | 306.096 |
Soggetto topico: | Ethnology—Africa |
Sociology | |
Africa—Politics and government | |
Globalization | |
Ethnology | |
Area studies | |
African Culture | |
Sociology, general | |
African Politics | |
Cultural Anthropology | |
Area Studies | |
Soggetto geografico: | Africa Social conditions 21st century |
Africa Social life and customs 21st century | |
Africa Civilization 21st century | |
Persona (resp. second.): | SahleEunice Njeri |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Globalization and Socio-Cultural Processes in Contemporary Africa ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-137-51914-2 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910798121603321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |