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Place Names in Africa Colonial Urban Legacies, Entangled Histories /

This volume examines the discursive relations between indigenous, colonial and post-colonial legacies of place-naming in Africa in terms of the production of urban space and place. It is conducted by tracing and analysing place-naming processes, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa during colonial tim...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Bigon, Liora (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction: Place Names in Africa: Colonial Urban Legacies, Entangled Histories
  • 2. Sarah's Globe and the (Un-)naming of Mobile Space
  • 3. Bagamoyo: Inquiry into an East African Place Name
  • 4. 'The Trees are Yours': Nature, Toponymy and Politics in the Interpretation of Cultural Landscapes in Lusaka and Zanzibar
  • 5. Transnational Aspects in the History of Lagos: Place Names and Built Forms
  • 6. From 'Avenue de France' to 'Boulevard Hassan II': Toponymic Inscription and the Construction of Nationhood in Fes, Morocco
  • 7. The Colonial Toponymic Model in the Capital Cities of French West Africa
  • 8. A Toponymy of Segregation: the 'neutral zones' of Dakar, Dar es Salaam and Kinshasa
  • 9. Generic Terminology in Colonial Urban Contexts: Garden Cities between Dakar and Tel Aviv
  • 10. Letters, Words, Worlds: the Naming of Soweto
  • 11. South African Identity as Reflected by its Toponymic Tapestry
  • 12. M(g)r. De Hemptin(n)e, I presume? Transforming Local Memory through Toponymy in Colonial/Post-Colonial Lubumbashi, DR Congo
  • 13. Formal and Informal Toponymic Inscriptions in Maputo: towards Socio-Linguistics and Anthropology of Street Naming
  • 14. Glocal Naming and Shaming: Toponymic (Inter-)national Relations on Lagos and New York Streets
  • 15. Afterword.