Identity, culture and freedom [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Mbũgua wa-Mũngai and George Gona |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Nairobi, : Twaweza Communications Ltd., c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
Disciplina | 967.62043 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MũngaiMbũgua wa <1971->
GonaGeorge |
Collana | (Re)membering Kenya |
Soggetto topico |
Identity (Psychology) - Kenya
Liberty |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-06372-7
9786613063724 9966-028-18-8 9966-028-20-X 9966-028-19-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Copyright Page; Title Page; Content; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; Prescript - Blessings of Bullets: A Survivor's Personal Experience; Identity; Historicizing Negative Ethinicity in Kenya; The Genesis of 'Tribe' and Ethnicity; Ethnicity in pre-colonial Kenya; The impact of colonialism on ethnicity; Independent Kenya and 'Nation-Building'?; Conclusion; Notes; References; Negotiating 'Kenyanness': The 'Debates'; 'Kenyanness': a tenuous concept?; Living the Lie: Kenyan nationhood or ethnihood?; 'Kenyanness': History and memory reconsidered
Gleaning through the 'Kenyan' pre-colonial historical record 'Kenyanness' as a nationalist project: the colonial period; 'Kenyanness' and the national community: the independent state; Conclusion; Notes; References; Iconic Representations of Identities in Kenyan Cultures; Introduction: From K'Osewe' to Rurıng'u Stadium; Towards a theorisation of iconicity; Patriarchs, populists and radicals: Political models; Gender(ed) icons; Popular culture icons: Alternative states; Post-script: Surviving Serena; Notes; References; Gerontocracy and Generational Competition in Kenya Today 'Old is gold' and wisdom On the postcolonial power transitions and the age question; Kill me quick: subsisting in a state of permanent despair; The 'last' word; Notes; References; Culture; Socialization and Violence: Ideas and Practices in Kenya; The lingual-cultural factor in violence; Defining lingual-cultural violence; How lingual-cultural factors promote violence; The settings of hurtful and harmful language; The negative power of ideas and practices; Reflections and Suggestions; Notes; References; Gendered Identities: Women and Power(lessness) in Kenya; Theorizing women's issues Problematizing power: Maendeleo ya Wanawake and beyond Narrating socio-political experiences; Conclusion; Notes; References; Freedom; Cross-media Ownership and Monopolizing of Public Spaces in Kenya; Kenyan media: A brief history; Media in colonial Kenya; Media in Independent Kenya; Media, multipartism, globalization, liberalization & cross-media ownership; Critique of the role of the media; Cross-media ownership. An attempt at definition; Cross-media ownership in Kenya; The Nation Media Group (NMG); The East African Standard (EAS); The Royal Media Services Kiss FM, Classic FM, Radio Jambo, East FM and The Star Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC); Monopoly in the media and in the political economy; Political pluralism, media explosion and control; Cross-Media ownership and democracy; Curbing cross-media ownership; Media regulation; Conclusion; Notes; References; The Politics of Media Culture and Media Culture Politics; Defining media culture, freedom and regulation; Theoretical premise for understanding culture; Culture in context; The Sudan Example; Transgressing media culture; Conclusion; Notes; References Globalized Identity: Diaspora Kenyans and Local Conflict |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465001403321 |
Nairobi, : Twaweza Communications Ltd., c2010 | ||
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Identity, culture and freedom [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Mbũgua wa-Mũngai and George Gona |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Nairobi, : Twaweza Communications Ltd., c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
Disciplina | 967.62043 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MũngaiMbũgua wa <1971->
GonaGeorge |
Collana | (Re)membering Kenya |
Soggetto topico |
Identity (Psychology) - Kenya
Liberty |
ISBN |
1-283-06372-7
9786613063724 9966-028-18-8 9966-028-20-X 9966-028-19-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Copyright Page; Title Page; Content; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; Prescript - Blessings of Bullets: A Survivor's Personal Experience; Identity; Historicizing Negative Ethinicity in Kenya; The Genesis of 'Tribe' and Ethnicity; Ethnicity in pre-colonial Kenya; The impact of colonialism on ethnicity; Independent Kenya and 'Nation-Building'?; Conclusion; Notes; References; Negotiating 'Kenyanness': The 'Debates'; 'Kenyanness': a tenuous concept?; Living the Lie: Kenyan nationhood or ethnihood?; 'Kenyanness': History and memory reconsidered
Gleaning through the 'Kenyan' pre-colonial historical record 'Kenyanness' as a nationalist project: the colonial period; 'Kenyanness' and the national community: the independent state; Conclusion; Notes; References; Iconic Representations of Identities in Kenyan Cultures; Introduction: From K'Osewe' to Rurıng'u Stadium; Towards a theorisation of iconicity; Patriarchs, populists and radicals: Political models; Gender(ed) icons; Popular culture icons: Alternative states; Post-script: Surviving Serena; Notes; References; Gerontocracy and Generational Competition in Kenya Today 'Old is gold' and wisdom On the postcolonial power transitions and the age question; Kill me quick: subsisting in a state of permanent despair; The 'last' word; Notes; References; Culture; Socialization and Violence: Ideas and Practices in Kenya; The lingual-cultural factor in violence; Defining lingual-cultural violence; How lingual-cultural factors promote violence; The settings of hurtful and harmful language; The negative power of ideas and practices; Reflections and Suggestions; Notes; References; Gendered Identities: Women and Power(lessness) in Kenya; Theorizing women's issues Problematizing power: Maendeleo ya Wanawake and beyond Narrating socio-political experiences; Conclusion; Notes; References; Freedom; Cross-media Ownership and Monopolizing of Public Spaces in Kenya; Kenyan media: A brief history; Media in colonial Kenya; Media in Independent Kenya; Media, multipartism, globalization, liberalization & cross-media ownership; Critique of the role of the media; Cross-media ownership. An attempt at definition; Cross-media ownership in Kenya; The Nation Media Group (NMG); The East African Standard (EAS); The Royal Media Services Kiss FM, Classic FM, Radio Jambo, East FM and The Star Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC); Monopoly in the media and in the political economy; Political pluralism, media explosion and control; Cross-Media ownership and democracy; Curbing cross-media ownership; Media regulation; Conclusion; Notes; References; The Politics of Media Culture and Media Culture Politics; Defining media culture, freedom and regulation; Theoretical premise for understanding culture; Culture in context; The Sudan Example; Transgressing media culture; Conclusion; Notes; References Globalized Identity: Diaspora Kenyans and Local Conflict |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788714903321 |
Nairobi, : Twaweza Communications Ltd., c2010 | ||
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Identity, culture and freedom / / edited by Mbũgua wa-Mũngai and George Gona |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Nairobi, : Twaweza Communications Ltd., c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
Disciplina | 967.62043 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MũngaiMbũgua wa <1971->
GonaGeorge |
Collana | (Re)membering Kenya |
Soggetto topico |
Identity (Psychology) - Kenya
Liberty |
ISBN |
1-283-06372-7
9786613063724 9966-028-18-8 9966-028-20-X 9966-028-19-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Copyright Page; Title Page; Content; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; Prescript - Blessings of Bullets: A Survivor's Personal Experience; Identity; Historicizing Negative Ethinicity in Kenya; The Genesis of 'Tribe' and Ethnicity; Ethnicity in pre-colonial Kenya; The impact of colonialism on ethnicity; Independent Kenya and 'Nation-Building'?; Conclusion; Notes; References; Negotiating 'Kenyanness': The 'Debates'; 'Kenyanness': a tenuous concept?; Living the Lie: Kenyan nationhood or ethnihood?; 'Kenyanness': History and memory reconsidered
Gleaning through the 'Kenyan' pre-colonial historical record 'Kenyanness' as a nationalist project: the colonial period; 'Kenyanness' and the national community: the independent state; Conclusion; Notes; References; Iconic Representations of Identities in Kenyan Cultures; Introduction: From K'Osewe' to Rurıng'u Stadium; Towards a theorisation of iconicity; Patriarchs, populists and radicals: Political models; Gender(ed) icons; Popular culture icons: Alternative states; Post-script: Surviving Serena; Notes; References; Gerontocracy and Generational Competition in Kenya Today 'Old is gold' and wisdom On the postcolonial power transitions and the age question; Kill me quick: subsisting in a state of permanent despair; The 'last' word; Notes; References; Culture; Socialization and Violence: Ideas and Practices in Kenya; The lingual-cultural factor in violence; Defining lingual-cultural violence; How lingual-cultural factors promote violence; The settings of hurtful and harmful language; The negative power of ideas and practices; Reflections and Suggestions; Notes; References; Gendered Identities: Women and Power(lessness) in Kenya; Theorizing women's issues Problematizing power: Maendeleo ya Wanawake and beyond Narrating socio-political experiences; Conclusion; Notes; References; Freedom; Cross-media Ownership and Monopolizing of Public Spaces in Kenya; Kenyan media: A brief history; Media in colonial Kenya; Media in Independent Kenya; Media, multipartism, globalization, liberalization & cross-media ownership; Critique of the role of the media; Cross-media ownership. An attempt at definition; Cross-media ownership in Kenya; The Nation Media Group (NMG); The East African Standard (EAS); The Royal Media Services Kiss FM, Classic FM, Radio Jambo, East FM and The Star Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC); Monopoly in the media and in the political economy; Political pluralism, media explosion and control; Cross-Media ownership and democracy; Curbing cross-media ownership; Media regulation; Conclusion; Notes; References; The Politics of Media Culture and Media Culture Politics; Defining media culture, freedom and regulation; Theoretical premise for understanding culture; Culture in context; The Sudan Example; Transgressing media culture; Conclusion; Notes; References Globalized Identity: Diaspora Kenyans and Local Conflict |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821646003321 |
Nairobi, : Twaweza Communications Ltd., c2010 | ||
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Remembering Kenya . Volume 2 : interrogating marginalization and governance / / edited by George Gona, Mbűgua wa-Műngai ; contributors Waridi Wetu [and thirteen others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Nairobi, Kenya : , : Twaweza Communications, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.80096762 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GonaGeorge
MũngaiMbũgua wa <1971-> WetuWaridi |
Soggetto topico |
Communication and culture - Kenya
Elections - Corrupt practices - Kenya Political violence - Kenya |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 9966-028-45-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword / Maurice Makoloo, Johannes Hossfeld -- Introduction / George Gona, Mbũgua wa-Mũngai -- Prescript--Out of the Closet: Waridi's Joys and Struggles / Mbũgua wa-Mũngai -- The Politics of Marginalization -- Disability Discrimination: A Personal Reflection / Phitalis Were Masakhwe -- Muslims Engaging with the State in the Context of Changing Political Landscape in Kenya / Hassan Mwakimako -- Re-membering the Drylands of Kenya: Integrating ASAL Economies in Vision 2030 / Abdirahman Maalim Abass and Francis Mwaura -- Roadblocks to Governance -- Citizenship and Nationhood in Post-Independent Kenya / Felistus Kinyanjui -- Kenya: Imagined Closed Spaces of the Political Economy of Violence / Felistus Kinyanjui -- Exploiting Opportunities in the Matatu Service for Transport Planning in Nairobi, Kenya Selected Normative Practices--A Critique / Mary Njeri Kinyanjui and Meleckidzedeck Khayesi -- Kenyan Women in the Context of 2008 Post-election Violence: From Exclusion to Participation in Peace Building / Nyokabi Kamau -- Dealing with the Aftermath of the Election Violence of 2007/2008: Kenya's Dilemmas / George Gona -- Notes on Contributors. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464701403321 |
Nairobi, Kenya : , : Twaweza Communications, , 2013 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Remembering Kenya . Volume 2 : interrogating marginalization and governance / / edited by George Gona, Mbűgua wa-Műngai ; contributors Waridi Wetu [and thirteen others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Nairobi, Kenya : , : Twaweza Communications, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.80096762 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GonaGeorge
MũngaiMbũgua wa <1971-> WetuWaridi |
Soggetto topico |
Communication and culture - Kenya
Elections - Corrupt practices - Kenya Political violence - Kenya |
ISBN | 9966-028-45-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword / Maurice Makoloo, Johannes Hossfeld -- Introduction / George Gona, Mbũgua wa-Mũngai -- Prescript--Out of the Closet: Waridi's Joys and Struggles / Mbũgua wa-Mũngai -- The Politics of Marginalization -- Disability Discrimination: A Personal Reflection / Phitalis Were Masakhwe -- Muslims Engaging with the State in the Context of Changing Political Landscape in Kenya / Hassan Mwakimako -- Re-membering the Drylands of Kenya: Integrating ASAL Economies in Vision 2030 / Abdirahman Maalim Abass and Francis Mwaura -- Roadblocks to Governance -- Citizenship and Nationhood in Post-Independent Kenya / Felistus Kinyanjui -- Kenya: Imagined Closed Spaces of the Political Economy of Violence / Felistus Kinyanjui -- Exploiting Opportunities in the Matatu Service for Transport Planning in Nairobi, Kenya Selected Normative Practices--A Critique / Mary Njeri Kinyanjui and Meleckidzedeck Khayesi -- Kenyan Women in the Context of 2008 Post-election Violence: From Exclusion to Participation in Peace Building / Nyokabi Kamau -- Dealing with the Aftermath of the Election Violence of 2007/2008: Kenya's Dilemmas / George Gona -- Notes on Contributors. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789292903321 |
Nairobi, Kenya : , : Twaweza Communications, , 2013 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Remembering Kenya . Volume 2 : interrogating marginalization and governance / / edited by George Gona, Mbűgua wa-Műngai ; contributors Waridi Wetu [and thirteen others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Nairobi, Kenya : , : Twaweza Communications, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.80096762 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GonaGeorge
MũngaiMbũgua wa <1971-> WetuWaridi |
Soggetto topico |
Communication and culture - Kenya
Elections - Corrupt practices - Kenya Political violence - Kenya |
ISBN | 9966-028-45-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword / Maurice Makoloo, Johannes Hossfeld -- Introduction / George Gona, Mbũgua wa-Mũngai -- Prescript--Out of the Closet: Waridi's Joys and Struggles / Mbũgua wa-Mũngai -- The Politics of Marginalization -- Disability Discrimination: A Personal Reflection / Phitalis Were Masakhwe -- Muslims Engaging with the State in the Context of Changing Political Landscape in Kenya / Hassan Mwakimako -- Re-membering the Drylands of Kenya: Integrating ASAL Economies in Vision 2030 / Abdirahman Maalim Abass and Francis Mwaura -- Roadblocks to Governance -- Citizenship and Nationhood in Post-Independent Kenya / Felistus Kinyanjui -- Kenya: Imagined Closed Spaces of the Political Economy of Violence / Felistus Kinyanjui -- Exploiting Opportunities in the Matatu Service for Transport Planning in Nairobi, Kenya Selected Normative Practices--A Critique / Mary Njeri Kinyanjui and Meleckidzedeck Khayesi -- Kenyan Women in the Context of 2008 Post-election Violence: From Exclusion to Participation in Peace Building / Nyokabi Kamau -- Dealing with the Aftermath of the Election Violence of 2007/2008: Kenya's Dilemmas / George Gona -- Notes on Contributors. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823154503321 |
Nairobi, Kenya : , : Twaweza Communications, , 2013 | ||
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