Social im/mobilities in Africa : ethnographic approaches /

"Grounded in both theory and ethnography, this volume insists on taking social positionality seriously when accounting for Africa's current age of polarizing wealth. To this end, the book advocates a multidimensional view of African societies, in which social positions consist of a variety...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Noret, Joël (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2020.
Temas:
Since 1960
Social mobility > Africa.
Social status > Africa.
Mobilité sociale > Afrique.
Statut social > Afrique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Social conditions
Social mobility
Social status
Africa > Social conditions > 1960-
Afrique > Conditions sociales > 1960-
Africa
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction.Theorizing Social Im/mobilities in Africa / Joël Noret
  • Inequality from up Close: Qur'anic Students in Northern Nigeria Working as Domestics / Hannah Hoechner
  • 'Born Free to Aspire?' An Ethnographic Study of Rural Youths' Aspirations in Post-Apartheid South Africa / Fawzia Mazanderani
  • Great Expectations and Uncertain Futures: Education and Social Im/mobility in Niamey, Niger / Gabriella Körling
  • 'Precarious Prosperity?' Social Im/mobilities among Young Entrepreneurs in Kampala / Laura Camfield and William Monteith
  • 'Here Men Are Becoming Women and Women Men': Gender, Class and Space in Maputo, Mozambique / Inge Tvedten, Arlindo Uate and Lizete Mangueleze
  • The Dynamics of Inequality in the Congolese Copperbelt: A Discussion of Bourdieu's Theory of Social Space / Benjamin Rubbers
  • Crisis, Work and the Meanings of Mobility on the Zimbabwean-South-African Border / Maxim Bolt
  • Domestic Dramas: Class, Taste and Home Decoration in Buea, Cameroon / Ben Page
  • Conclusion. A Multidimensional Approach to Social Positionality in Africa /
  • Joël Noret

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