Strength beyond structure [[electronic resource] ] : social and historical trajectories of agency in Africa / / edited by Miriam [sic] de Bruijn, Rijk van Dijk, Jan-Bart Gewald
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| Titolo: |
Strength beyond structure [[electronic resource] ] : social and historical trajectories of agency in Africa / / edited by Miriam [sic] de Bruijn, Rijk van Dijk, Jan-Bart Gewald
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| Pubblicazione: | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (355 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 302.096 |
| Soggetto geografico: | Africa Social conditions 1960- |
| Altri autori: |
BruijnMirjam de <1962->
DijkRijk van <1959->
GewaldJan-Bart
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Preliminary Materials / M. De Bruijn , J.-B. Gewald and R. Van Dijk -- 1 - Social And Historical Trajectories Of Agency In Africa: An Introduction / Rijk Van Dijk , Mirjam De Bruijn and Jan-Bart Gewald -- 2 - Manchester As The Birth Place Of Modern Agency Research: The Manchester School Explained From The Perspective Of Evans-Pritchard’s Book The Nuer / Wim Van Binsbergen -- 3 - Dreams And Agency During Angola’s War Of Independence / Inge Brinkman -- 4 - Chief Hosea Kutako: A Herero Royal And Namibian Nationalist’s Life Against Confinement 1870–1970 / Jan-Bart Gewald -- 5 - Agency In Kapsiki Religion: A Comparative Approach / Wouter Van Beek -- 6 - Les Enveloppes Pour Papa Daniel: La Transformation Des Relations Domestiques Dans Les Ménages Des Congolais De La Diaspora / Julie Ndaya -- 7 - From Individual Act To Social Agency In San Trance Rituals / Thomas Widlok -- 8 - The Dynamics Of Families, Their Work And Provisioning Strategies In The Changing Economies In The Urban Townships Of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe / Otrude N. Moyo -- 9 - Images Of Africa: Agency And Nature Conservation In South Africa / Malcolm Draper , Marja Spierenburg and Harry Wels -- 10 - Solitary Births In Téra, Niger: A Local Quest For Safety / Gertie Janssen -- 11 - Agency In And From The Margins: Street Children And Youth In N’Djaména, Chad / Mirjam De Bruijn -- 12 - Negotiating The Memory Of Fulbe Hierarchy Among Mobile Elite Women / Lotte Pelckmans -- 13 - The Safe And Suffering Body In Transnational Ghanaian Pentecostalism; Towards An Anthropology Of Vulnerable Agency / Rijk Van Dijk -- Epilogue Theorizing Agency In And On Africa: The Questions Are Key / Francis Nyamnjoh -- List Of Authors / M. De Bruijn , J.-B. Gewald and R. Van Dijk. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book explores the notion of agency in a range of empirical situations in Africa. Agency directs our quest for an understanding of the dynamics and social transformations of African situations to the domains of creativity, inventiveness and reflexivity. It emphasizes the possibilities individuals and social groups perceive when faced with the constraints that tend to mark African social life. The case studies provide an alternative view of people and society in Africa by looking at the ways social strength is created in the hope of overcoming many of the structural limitations encountered in daily life. 'Strength beyond Structure' challenges the optimism that is engrained in the development rhetoric about Africa by making agency the subject of empirical scrutiny. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Strength beyond structure |
| ISBN: | 1-281-92124-6 |
| 9786611921248 | |
| 90-474-2103-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910825960403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
African dynamics ; ; 6.