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Item Details
Title:
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READINGS IN MODERNITY IN AFRICA
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By: |
Edited by Peter Geschiere, Birgit Meyer, and Peter Pels (Editor) |
Format: |
Hardback |

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£60.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
0253351766 |
ISBN 13: |
9780253351760 |
Publisher: |
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
17 December, 2008 |
Series: |
Readings in African Studies |
Pages: |
256 |
Description: |
New perspectives on one of the most problematic issues in contemporary African studies |
Synopsis: |
Questions surrounding modernity and its meanings weigh heavily on students and scholars who study Africa. Becoming modern carries a lot of different meanings and puts concepts of culture, tradition, and nation into uneasy use. Readings in Modernity in Africa brings together classic essays, old and new, to help assess the issues and problems of modernity in an African context. Questions include: How can we discuss modernity without lapsing into a Western-dominated view of history? How do we avoid losing sight of the diversity of local forms? How is it that modernity has such a powerful impact on African lives? This wide-ranging volume provides new perspectives and suggests alternatives for how a better future might be implemented in Africa and beyond. |
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US |
Imprint: |
Indiana University Press |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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