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African Postcolonial Modernity : Informal Subjectivities and the Democratic Consensus / / by S. Osha



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Autore: Osha S Visualizza persona
Titolo: African Postcolonial Modernity : Informal Subjectivities and the Democratic Consensus / / by S. Osha Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014
Edizione: 1st ed. 2014.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (277 p.)
Disciplina: 320.96
Soggetto topico: Ethnology - Africa
Culture
Culture - Study and teaching
Social sciences
Imperialism
Social history
Ethnology
African Culture
Cultural Studies
Society
Imperialism and Colonialism
Social History
Sociocultural Anthropology
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 The Polis: From Greece to an African Athens; Chapter 2 The Order/Other of Political Culture; Chapter 3 Urbanscapes; Chapter 4 Youth, Violence, and the Production of Knowledge; Chapter 5 (Mis)Understanding Mbekism; Chapter 6 Global Activism and Discourses of Dispossession in South Africa; Chapter 7 African Sexualities I; Chapter 8 African Sexualities II; Conclusion Yearnings of Modernity; Notes; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index
Sommario/riassunto: African cultures and politics remain significantly affected by precolonial and postcolonial configurations of modernity, as well as hegemonic global systems. This project explores Africa's conversation with itself and the rest of the world, critiquing universalist notions of democratization.
Titolo autorizzato: African Postcolonial Modernity  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 9781349496174
1349496170
9781137446930
1137446935
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910958567003321
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Serie: African Histories and Modernities, . 2634-5781