Globalization and Socio-Cultural Processes in Contemporary Africa / / by Eunice N. Sahle
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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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| 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.: | 9910819079203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Contemporary African Political Economy