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The anthropology of Africa : challenges for the 21st century / / edited by Paul Nchoji Nkwi
| The anthropology of Africa : challenges for the 21st century / / edited by Paul Nchoji Nkwi |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bamenda, Cameroon : , : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (656 p.) |
| Disciplina | 301.096 |
| Soggetto topico | Anthropology - Africa - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9956-792-92-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Table of Contents / Table des Matières; Introduction. The Anthropology of Africa: Challenges for the 21st Century; Part I - Teaching Anthropology In the Decades ahead; 1. From Gateway to Gatekeeper: Anthropology: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow; Abstract; Introduction; Anthropology as Foreign Agent; Between Universalism and Independence; Anthropology Today; Teaching and Learning Anthropology; Conclusion; References; 2. Anthropology at the University of Yaoundé: A Historical Overview: 1962-1999; Introduction; What is Anthropology?
The Creation and the Evolution of the University of YaoundéThe Status of Anthropology before the 1993 Reform; Profile of Staff of the Department of Sociology; The Teaching of Anthropology and 1993 University Reforms; Graduates in anthropology and the University of Yaoundé 1; Conclusion: Which Way Forward?; References; Part II - Health Challenges: HIV/AIDS Anthropological Perspectives; 3. From Research to Intervention: The Input of Anthropology in Sexual Health and AIDS Prevention Program for Ethiopian Immigrant Adolescents in Israel; Introduction; Sexual Health and AIDS Prevention Sexual Health EducationAids Prevention; Conclusion; References; 4. Genderisation of illnesses in Yoruba culture: implications for theory and method in Medical Anthropology; Abstract; Introduction; The Yoruba People; Method of Study; Results; Discussion; Conclusion; References; 5. Whither the institution of widow inheritance in the era of HIV/AIDS? Tradition versus health; Abstract; Introduction: HIV/AIDS among the study population; The Luo family system provides fertile ground for inheriting widows; How widow inheritance could be a potential risk factor for HIV? Conceptual scenario in widow inheritance and HIV transmissionMethods; Data Collection; Results and Discussion; Whither the institution of inheritance?; Conclusion; References; 6. A Folk Model of Malaria Causation among the Abagusii of South-western Kenya: Implications for Malaria Treatment; Abstract; Introduction; Data and Methods; Findings and Discussion; Conclusion; Acknowledgement; References; 7. The social and cultural aspects of health care delivery: a case study of clients' perspectives on indigenous medicines in Yaoundé; Abstract; Methodology Of Study Vendors' and client's socio-demographic profileKnowledge of indigenous drugs; Cultural representations; Client's representation and motivations; Economic factors; The categorisation of diseases; Psychological factors and the impact of socialization; Socio-cultural considerations; The nutritional dimension of traditional medicine; The negative side effects of modern medicine; The influence of social tensions; Case Study; The Implications For Health Care Delivery In Africa; Conclusion; Acknowledgement; References; Part III - NGOs: Use and Misuse of Anthropology 8. Focus on the World Bank Safeguard Policies and the Chad-Cameroon Oil and Pipeline Projects |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464212903321 |
| Bamenda, Cameroon : , : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The anthropology of Africa : challenges for the 21st century / / edited by Paul Nchoji Nkwi
| The anthropology of Africa : challenges for the 21st century / / edited by Paul Nchoji Nkwi |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bamenda, Cameroon : , : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (656 p.) |
| Disciplina | 301.096 |
| Soggetto topico | Anthropology - Africa - History |
| ISBN | 9956-792-92-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Table of Contents / Table des Matières; Introduction. The Anthropology of Africa: Challenges for the 21st Century; Part I - Teaching Anthropology In the Decades ahead; 1. From Gateway to Gatekeeper: Anthropology: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow; Abstract; Introduction; Anthropology as Foreign Agent; Between Universalism and Independence; Anthropology Today; Teaching and Learning Anthropology; Conclusion; References; 2. Anthropology at the University of Yaoundé: A Historical Overview: 1962-1999; Introduction; What is Anthropology?
The Creation and the Evolution of the University of YaoundéThe Status of Anthropology before the 1993 Reform; Profile of Staff of the Department of Sociology; The Teaching of Anthropology and 1993 University Reforms; Graduates in anthropology and the University of Yaoundé 1; Conclusion: Which Way Forward?; References; Part II - Health Challenges: HIV/AIDS Anthropological Perspectives; 3. From Research to Intervention: The Input of Anthropology in Sexual Health and AIDS Prevention Program for Ethiopian Immigrant Adolescents in Israel; Introduction; Sexual Health and AIDS Prevention Sexual Health EducationAids Prevention; Conclusion; References; 4. Genderisation of illnesses in Yoruba culture: implications for theory and method in Medical Anthropology; Abstract; Introduction; The Yoruba People; Method of Study; Results; Discussion; Conclusion; References; 5. Whither the institution of widow inheritance in the era of HIV/AIDS? Tradition versus health; Abstract; Introduction: HIV/AIDS among the study population; The Luo family system provides fertile ground for inheriting widows; How widow inheritance could be a potential risk factor for HIV? Conceptual scenario in widow inheritance and HIV transmissionMethods; Data Collection; Results and Discussion; Whither the institution of inheritance?; Conclusion; References; 6. A Folk Model of Malaria Causation among the Abagusii of South-western Kenya: Implications for Malaria Treatment; Abstract; Introduction; Data and Methods; Findings and Discussion; Conclusion; Acknowledgement; References; 7. The social and cultural aspects of health care delivery: a case study of clients' perspectives on indigenous medicines in Yaoundé; Abstract; Methodology Of Study Vendors' and client's socio-demographic profileKnowledge of indigenous drugs; Cultural representations; Client's representation and motivations; Economic factors; The categorisation of diseases; Psychological factors and the impact of socialization; Socio-cultural considerations; The nutritional dimension of traditional medicine; The negative side effects of modern medicine; The influence of social tensions; Case Study; The Implications For Health Care Delivery In Africa; Conclusion; Acknowledgement; References; Part III - NGOs: Use and Misuse of Anthropology 8. Focus on the World Bank Safeguard Policies and the Chad-Cameroon Oil and Pipeline Projects |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788160703321 |
| Bamenda, Cameroon : , : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The anthropology of Africa : challenges for the 21st century / / edited by Paul Nchoji Nkwi
| The anthropology of Africa : challenges for the 21st century / / edited by Paul Nchoji Nkwi |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bamenda, Cameroon : , : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (656 p.) |
| Disciplina | 301.096 |
| Soggetto topico | Anthropology - Africa - History |
| ISBN | 9956-792-92-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Table of Contents / Table des Matières; Introduction. The Anthropology of Africa: Challenges for the 21st Century; Part I - Teaching Anthropology In the Decades ahead; 1. From Gateway to Gatekeeper: Anthropology: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow; Abstract; Introduction; Anthropology as Foreign Agent; Between Universalism and Independence; Anthropology Today; Teaching and Learning Anthropology; Conclusion; References; 2. Anthropology at the University of Yaoundé: A Historical Overview: 1962-1999; Introduction; What is Anthropology?
The Creation and the Evolution of the University of YaoundéThe Status of Anthropology before the 1993 Reform; Profile of Staff of the Department of Sociology; The Teaching of Anthropology and 1993 University Reforms; Graduates in anthropology and the University of Yaoundé 1; Conclusion: Which Way Forward?; References; Part II - Health Challenges: HIV/AIDS Anthropological Perspectives; 3. From Research to Intervention: The Input of Anthropology in Sexual Health and AIDS Prevention Program for Ethiopian Immigrant Adolescents in Israel; Introduction; Sexual Health and AIDS Prevention Sexual Health EducationAids Prevention; Conclusion; References; 4. Genderisation of illnesses in Yoruba culture: implications for theory and method in Medical Anthropology; Abstract; Introduction; The Yoruba People; Method of Study; Results; Discussion; Conclusion; References; 5. Whither the institution of widow inheritance in the era of HIV/AIDS? Tradition versus health; Abstract; Introduction: HIV/AIDS among the study population; The Luo family system provides fertile ground for inheriting widows; How widow inheritance could be a potential risk factor for HIV? Conceptual scenario in widow inheritance and HIV transmissionMethods; Data Collection; Results and Discussion; Whither the institution of inheritance?; Conclusion; References; 6. A Folk Model of Malaria Causation among the Abagusii of South-western Kenya: Implications for Malaria Treatment; Abstract; Introduction; Data and Methods; Findings and Discussion; Conclusion; Acknowledgement; References; 7. The social and cultural aspects of health care delivery: a case study of clients' perspectives on indigenous medicines in Yaoundé; Abstract; Methodology Of Study Vendors' and client's socio-demographic profileKnowledge of indigenous drugs; Cultural representations; Client's representation and motivations; Economic factors; The categorisation of diseases; Psychological factors and the impact of socialization; Socio-cultural considerations; The nutritional dimension of traditional medicine; The negative side effects of modern medicine; The influence of social tensions; Case Study; The Implications For Health Care Delivery In Africa; Conclusion; Acknowledgement; References; Part III - NGOs: Use and Misuse of Anthropology 8. Focus on the World Bank Safeguard Policies and the Chad-Cameroon Oil and Pipeline Projects |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825000103321 |
| Bamenda, Cameroon : , : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Chicago School diaspora : epistemology and substance / / edited by Jacqueline Low and Gary Bowden
| The Chicago School diaspora : epistemology and substance / / edited by Jacqueline Low and Gary Bowden |
| Autore | Low Jacqueline |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, Canada : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (407 pages) |
| Disciplina | 301.096 |
| Soggetto topico |
Chicago school of sociology - History
Sociology - Illinois - Chicago - History Sociology - United States - History |
| ISBN |
0-7735-8970-8
0-7735-8969-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction : the Chicago School as symbol and enactment --(Re)visiting the Chicago School(s) -- Mead and Goffman : key thinkers of the Chicago School diaspora -- The Chicago School diaspora : urban ecology -- The Chicago School diaspora : boundaries, constructions, and claims -- The Chicago School diaspora : new directions -- Contributors -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791083803321 |
Low Jacqueline
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| Montreal, Canada : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Chicago School diaspora : epistemology and substance / / edited by Jacqueline Low and Gary Bowden
| The Chicago School diaspora : epistemology and substance / / edited by Jacqueline Low and Gary Bowden |
| Autore | Low Jacqueline |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, Canada : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (407 pages) |
| Disciplina | 301.096 |
| Soggetto topico |
Chicago school of sociology - History
Sociology - Illinois - Chicago - History Sociology - United States - History |
| ISBN |
0-7735-8970-8
0-7735-8969-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction : the Chicago School as symbol and enactment --(Re)visiting the Chicago School(s) -- Mead and Goffman : key thinkers of the Chicago School diaspora -- The Chicago School diaspora : urban ecology -- The Chicago School diaspora : boundaries, constructions, and claims -- The Chicago School diaspora : new directions -- Contributors -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824527103321 |
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Low Jacqueline
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| Montreal, Canada : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Chicago School diaspora : epistemology and substance / / edited by Jacqueline Low and Gary Bowden
| The Chicago School diaspora : epistemology and substance / / edited by Jacqueline Low and Gary Bowden |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, Canada : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (407 p.) |
| Disciplina | 301.096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BowdenGary
LowJacqueline |
| Soggetto topico |
Chicago school of sociology - History
Sociology - Illinois - Chicago - History Sociology - United States - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-7735-8969-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction : the Chicago School as symbol and enactment --(Re)visiting the Chicago School(s) -- Mead and Goffman : key thinkers of the Chicago School diaspora -- The Chicago School diaspora : urban ecology -- The Chicago School diaspora : boundaries, constructions, and claims -- The Chicago School diaspora : new directions -- Contributors -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453515703321 |
| Montreal, Canada : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Images and Empires [[electronic resource] ] : Visuality in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa
| Images and Empires [[electronic resource] ] : Visuality in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa |
| Autore | Landau Paul Stuart |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (398 p.) |
| Disciplina |
301.096
301/.096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | KaspinDeborah D |
| Soggetto topico |
Africa
Africa - Colonization Africa in art Africa in literature Africa in mass media Postcolonialism Visual anthropology Visual anthropology-- Africa Visual sociology Visual anthropology - Africa Visual sociology - Africa Postcolonialism - Africa Ethnic & Race Studies Gender & Ethnic Studies Social Sciences |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-520-92729-X
1-59734-667-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction. An Amazing Distance: Pictures and People in Africa; 1. "Our Mosquitoes Are Not So Big": Images and Modernity in Zimbabwe; 2. The Sleep of the Brave: Graves as Sites and Signs in the Colonial Eastern Cape; 3. Tintin and the Interruptions of Congolese Comics; 4. Cartooning Nigerian Anticolonial Nationalism; 5. Empires of the Visual: Photography and Colonial Administration in Africa; 6. Portraits of Modernity: Fashioning Selves in Dakarois Popular Photography
7. Mami Wata and Santa Marta: Imag(in)ing Selves and Others in Africa and the Americas8. "Captured on Film": Bushmen and the Claptrap of Performative Primitives; 9. Decentering the Gaze at French Colonial Exhibitions; 10. The Politics of Bushman Representations; 11. Omada Art at the Crossroads of Colonialisms; 12. Bad Copies: The Colonial Aesthetic and the Manjaco-Portuguese Encounter; Conclusion: Signifying Power in Africa; Bibliography; Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456414603321 |
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Landau Paul Stuart
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| Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Images and empires [[electronic resource] ] : visuality in colonial and postcolonial Africa
| Images and empires [[electronic resource] ] : visuality in colonial and postcolonial Africa |
| Autore | Landau Paul Stuart <1962-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (398 p.) |
| Disciplina |
301.096
301/.096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | KaspinDeborah D |
| Soggetto topico |
Africa
Africa - Colonization Africa in art Africa in literature Africa in mass media Postcolonialism Visual anthropology Visual anthropology-- Africa Visual sociology Visual anthropology - Africa Visual sociology - Africa Postcolonialism - Africa Ethnic & Race Studies Gender & Ethnic Studies Social Sciences |
| ISBN |
0-520-92729-X
1-59734-667-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction. An Amazing Distance: Pictures and People in Africa; 1. "Our Mosquitoes Are Not So Big": Images and Modernity in Zimbabwe; 2. The Sleep of the Brave: Graves as Sites and Signs in the Colonial Eastern Cape; 3. Tintin and the Interruptions of Congolese Comics; 4. Cartooning Nigerian Anticolonial Nationalism; 5. Empires of the Visual: Photography and Colonial Administration in Africa; 6. Portraits of Modernity: Fashioning Selves in Dakarois Popular Photography
7. Mami Wata and Santa Marta: Imag(in)ing Selves and Others in Africa and the Americas8. "Captured on Film": Bushmen and the Claptrap of Performative Primitives; 9. Decentering the Gaze at French Colonial Exhibitions; 10. The Politics of Bushman Representations; 11. Omada Art at the Crossroads of Colonialisms; 12. Bad Copies: The Colonial Aesthetic and the Manjaco-Portuguese Encounter; Conclusion: Signifying Power in Africa; Bibliography; Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780449303321 |
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Landau Paul Stuart <1962->
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| Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Images and empires : visuality in colonial and postcolonial Africa / edited by Paul S. Landau and Deborah D. Kaspin
| Images and empires : visuality in colonial and postcolonial Africa / edited by Paul S. Landau and Deborah D. Kaspin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | xvi, 380 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Disciplina | 301.096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
Landau, Paul Stuart
Kaspin, Deborah D. |
| Soggetto topico | Postcolonialismo - Africa |
| ISBN |
0520229487
0520229495 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991000939899707536 |
| Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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The peoples of greater Unyamwezi, Tanzania (Nyamwezi, Sukuma, Sumbwa, Kimbu, Konongo) / / R.G. Abrahams
| The peoples of greater Unyamwezi, Tanzania (Nyamwezi, Sukuma, Sumbwa, Kimbu, Konongo) / / R.G. Abrahams |
| Autore | Abrahams R. G. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (97 pages) |
| Disciplina | 301.096 |
| Collana | Ethnographic Survey of Africa |
| Soggetto topico | Anthropology - Africa |
| ISBN |
1-315-30951-3
1-315-30953-X 1-315-30952-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Nomenclature -- Location -- Territorial groupings -- Demography -- Physical type -- History -- Language and literature -- Physical environment -- Economy -- Settlement patterns -- Social organization and political structure -- Main cultural features -- Major phases of the life cycle -- Religion and magic. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910163877403321 |
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Abrahams R. G.
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| Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2017 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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