Stereotyping Africa : surprising answers to surprising questions / / Emmanuel Fru Doh

• Autore: Doh Emmanuel Fru
• Pubblicazione: Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon, : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.80096
• Soggetto topico: Culture
• Soggetto geografico: Africa Social life and customs
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Dedication; Preface; Part One. The Introduction: On Painting a Portrait; Part Two. Questions and Answers; Attitude; Age; Children; Colonialism; Communication; Crime; Death; The Diaspora; Economy; Education; Family; Fashion; Geography; Habits/Cultural Practices; Health; Housing; Judiciary; Landscape; Languages; Nutrition/Eating Habits; Occupation; Politics/Government; Religion; Sexuality; Sports; Music; Technology; Transportation; Utilities; Men and Women; Part Three. The Epilogue; Notes; Works Cited; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Characteristically, Africans in any Western country are asked so many different questions about ""Africa,"" as Westerners love to refer to the many countries that make up that huge continent, as if Africa were a single nation state. So one begins wondering why it is that Africans, on the other hand, do not refer to individual European countries as ""Europe"" simply, then the trends and consequences of stereotyping begin setting in just as one is getting used to being asked if Africa has a president, or if one can say something in African. It is some of these questions that Emmanuel Fru Doh has
• Titolo autorizzato: Stereotyping Africa
• ISBN: 9786613004864; 9781283004862; 1283004860; 9789956579020; 9956579025; 9789956579006; 9956579009; 9789956615476; 9956615471
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910955775403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II