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Political legitimacy in Middle Africa : father, family, food /

In this innovative work, Michael G. Schatzberg reads metaphors found in the popular press as indicators of the way Africans come to understand their political universe. Examining daily newspapers, popular literature, and political and church documents, he finds that widespread and deeply ingrained v...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schatzberg, Michael G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2001.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In this innovative work, Michael G. Schatzberg reads metaphors found in the popular press as indicators of the way Africans come to understand their political universe. Examining daily newspapers, popular literature, and political and church documents, he finds that widespread and deeply ingrained views of government and its relationship to its citizenry may be understood as a projection of the metaphor of an idealized extended family onto the formal political sphere.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 292 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0253108659
9780253108654
0253339928
9780253339928
0253214823
9780253214829
1282066129
9781282066120