Postcolonial automobility : car culture in West Africa /

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For more than a century cars have symbolized autonomous, unfettered mobility and an increasingly global experience. And yet, they are often used differently outside the centers of global capitalism. This pioneering book considers how, through the lens of the automobile, we can assess the pleasures,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Green-Simms, Lindsey B., 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2017.
Temas:
Automobiles > Social aspects > Africa, West.
Automobiles > Africa, West > History.
Automobiles in literature.
Automobiles in motion pictures.
Automobile driving > Social aspects > Africa, West.
Automobiles > Aspect social > Afrique occidentale.
Automobiles dans la littérature.
Conduite automobile > Aspect social > Afrique occidentale.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Transportation.
TRANSPORTATION > Public Transportation.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Automobile driving > Social aspects
Automobiles
Automobiles in literature
Automobiles in motion pictures
Automobiles > Social aspects
West Africa
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Thinking automobility, feeling automobility
  • The hum of progress: motorcars and the modernization of West Africa
  • "No danger no delay": Wole Soyinka and the perils of driving
  • Moving pictures, mired cars: The automobile in African francophone
  • The return of the Mercedes: Upward mobility, the good life, and Nigerian video film
  • Women in traffic: towards a feminist automobility
  • Conclusion: Global (be)longings.

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