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Spiders of the Market : Ghanaian Trickster Performance in a Web of Neoliberalism /
The Ghanaian trickster-spider, Ananse, is a deceptive figure full of comic delight who blurs the lines of class, politics, and morality. David Afriyie Donkor identifies social performance as a way to understand trickster behavior within the shifting process of political legitimization in Ghana, reve...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2016
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| Colección: | African expressive cultures.
Book collections on Project MUSE. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- 1. From state to market : the history of a social compact
- 2. Once upon a spider : Ananse and the counterhegemonic trickster ethos
- 3. Selling the president : stand-up comedy and the politricks of endorsement
- 4. Ma Red's maneuvers : popular theater and "progressive" culture
- 5. In the house of stories : village aspirations and heritage tourism
- Conclusion.