African alternatives /
African alternatives /
edited by Patrick Chabal, Ulf Engel, Leo de Haan.
- 1 online resource.
- Brill eBook titles 2007 .
- Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies 2. Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2007, ISBN: 9789004223127. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Materials / Introduction / Social And Historical Trajectories Of Agency In Africa / On The Powers And Limits Of Literature / Land And The Politics Of Belonging In Africa / Studies In African Livelihoods: Current Issues And Future Prospects / Politics, Popular Culture And Livelihood Strategies Among Young Men In A Nairobi Slum / African Migrations: Continuities, Discontinuities And Recent Transformations / Migration As Reterritorialization: Migrant Movement, Sovereignty And Authority In Contemporary Southern Africa / Approaching African Tourism: Paradigms And Paradoxes / List Of Contributors / Index / Leo De Haan , Ulf Engel and Patrick Chabal -- Patrick Chabal , Ulf Engel and Leo De Haan -- Mirjam De Bruijn , Rijk Van Dijk and Jan-Bart Gewald -- Alain Ricard -- Carola Lentz -- Leo De Haan -- Bodil Folke Frederiksen -- Oliver Bakewell and Hein De Haas -- Scarlett Cornelissen -- Walter Van Beek -- Leo De Haan , Ulf Engel and Patrick Chabal -- Leo De Haan , Ulf Engel and Patrick Chabal.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
This collection of articles aims to stimulate the exploration of African initiative and creativity and to go beyond immediate socio-economic and political circumstances by analyzing those initiatives that offer alternatives to the prevailing paradigms. It moves away from African ‘victimhood’ by stressing African ‘agency’ and by demonstrating that societies in Africa have always showed the ability to negotiate whatever constraining ecological, economic and political circumstances they faced. This is further detailed in the context of the literary contest between local and global; of issues of land rights and property; of livelihoods and poverty; of the popular culture; of demystifying African migrations; the changing parameters of territoriality; and the dynamics of the tourist encounter.
9789047420934
10.1163/ej.9789004161139.i-185 DOI
B0709358 bccb
Politieke ontwikkeling.
Sociaal-economische situatie.
Africa--Politics and government--1960-
Africa--Social conditions--1960-
Afrika.
DT30.5 / .A35585 2007
960.33
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Materials / Introduction / Social And Historical Trajectories Of Agency In Africa / On The Powers And Limits Of Literature / Land And The Politics Of Belonging In Africa / Studies In African Livelihoods: Current Issues And Future Prospects / Politics, Popular Culture And Livelihood Strategies Among Young Men In A Nairobi Slum / African Migrations: Continuities, Discontinuities And Recent Transformations / Migration As Reterritorialization: Migrant Movement, Sovereignty And Authority In Contemporary Southern Africa / Approaching African Tourism: Paradigms And Paradoxes / List Of Contributors / Index / Leo De Haan , Ulf Engel and Patrick Chabal -- Patrick Chabal , Ulf Engel and Leo De Haan -- Mirjam De Bruijn , Rijk Van Dijk and Jan-Bart Gewald -- Alain Ricard -- Carola Lentz -- Leo De Haan -- Bodil Folke Frederiksen -- Oliver Bakewell and Hein De Haas -- Scarlett Cornelissen -- Walter Van Beek -- Leo De Haan , Ulf Engel and Patrick Chabal -- Leo De Haan , Ulf Engel and Patrick Chabal.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
This collection of articles aims to stimulate the exploration of African initiative and creativity and to go beyond immediate socio-economic and political circumstances by analyzing those initiatives that offer alternatives to the prevailing paradigms. It moves away from African ‘victimhood’ by stressing African ‘agency’ and by demonstrating that societies in Africa have always showed the ability to negotiate whatever constraining ecological, economic and political circumstances they faced. This is further detailed in the context of the literary contest between local and global; of issues of land rights and property; of livelihoods and poverty; of the popular culture; of demystifying African migrations; the changing parameters of territoriality; and the dynamics of the tourist encounter.
9789047420934
10.1163/ej.9789004161139.i-185 DOI
B0709358 bccb
Politieke ontwikkeling.
Sociaal-economische situatie.
Africa--Politics and government--1960-
Africa--Social conditions--1960-
Afrika.
DT30.5 / .A35585 2007
960.33