Postcolonial identities in Africa

In this book, distinguished anthropologists, political scientists and social historians from Africa, Europe and America make a radical break with much conventional wisdom in postcolonial discourse to explore contemporary African identities in transition. Addressing fundamental issues of political vi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Werbner, Richard (-), Ranger, Terence Osborn, 1929-
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Jersey : Zed Books 1996
Colección:Postcolonial encounters
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Multiple identities, plural arenas / Richard Werbner
  • The African crisis : context and interpretation / Patrick Chabal
  • A lost generation? Youth identity and state decay in West Africa / Donal B. Cruise O'Brien
  • Postcolonialism, power and identity : local and global perspectives from Zaire / Filip De Boeck
  • Between God and Kamuzu : the transition to multi-party politics in central Malawi / Harri Englund
  • The potentials of boundaries in South Africa : steps toward a theory of the social edge / Robert Thornton
  • 'Producing' respect : the 'proper woman' in postcolonial Kampala / Jessica A. Ogden
  • Witchcraft, violence and identity : different trajectories in postcolonial Cameroon / Cyprian Fisiy and Peter Geschiere
  • Identity, alterity and ambiguity in a Nigerian community : competing definitions of 'true' Islam / Adeline Masquelier
  • Contested authorities and the politics of perception : deconstructing the study of religion in Africa / Rijk van Dijk and Peter Pels
  • Pos.