The modernity bluff : crime, consumption, and citizenship in Côte d'Ivoire /

In Côte d'Ivoire, appearing modern is so important for success that many young men deplete their already meager resources to project an illusion of wealth in a fantastic display of Western imitation, spending far more than they can afford on brand name clothing, accessories, technology, and a...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Newell, Sasha (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chicago : London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Sujets:
2000-2099
Urban youth > Côte d'Ivoire > Social conditions > 21st century.
Urban youth > Côte d'Ivoire > Economic conditions > 21st century.
Social status > Côte d'Ivoire.
Jeunes en milieu urbain > Côte-d'Ivoire > Conditions sociales > 21e siècle.
Jeunes en milieu urbain > Côte-d'Ivoire > Conditions économiques > 21e siècle.
Statut social > Côte-d'Ivoire.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Life Stages > Adolescence.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Life Stages > Teenagers.
Social status.
Urban youth > Social conditions.
Côte d'Ivoire.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • Enregistering modernity, bluffing criminality : how nouchi speech reinvented the nation
  • Bizness and "blood brothers" : the moral economy of crime
  • Faire le show : maquis masculinity and the performative success of waste
  • Fashioning alterity : masking, metonymy, and otherworld origins
  • Paris is hard like a rock : migration and the spatial hierarchy of global relations
  • Counterfeit belongings : branding the Ivoirian political crisis
  • Conclusion : modernity as bluff.

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