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Globalization and Socio-Cultural Processes in Contemporary Africa [[electronic resource] /] / by Eunice N. Sahle



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Autore: Sahle Eunice N Visualizza persona
Titolo: Globalization and Socio-Cultural Processes in Contemporary Africa [[electronic resource] /] / by Eunice N. Sahle Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-137-51914-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910798121603321
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Serie: Contemporary African Political Economy