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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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  • Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Metaphor and Matrix; 2. Representations of Power; 3. Parameters of the Political; 4. Alternative Causalities; 5. Matrix I"The Father-Chief: Rights and Responsibilities; 6. Matrix II"Gender and Generation: Women, the Paternal Order, and the Alternation of Power; 7. Democracy and the Logic of Legitimacy; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.