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Titre(s) : Modernization as spectacle in Africa [Texte imprimé] / edited by Peter J. Bloom, Stephan F. Miescher, and Takyiwaa Manuh

Description matérielle : vii, 368 pages : ill. ; 23 cm

Comprend : Introduction /Stephan F. Miescher, Peter J. Bloom, and Takyiwaa ManuhPart one: Modernization and the origins of the package ; After modernization: globalization and the African dilemma /Percy C. Hintzen ; Modernization theory and the figure of blindness: filial reflections /Andrew ApterPart two: Media, modernity, and modernization ; Film as instrument of modernization and social change in Africa: the long view /Rosaleen Smyth ; Mass education, cooperation, and the "African mind" /Aaron Windel ; Is propaganda modernity? Press and radio for "Africans" in Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi during World War II and its aftermath /Mhoze Chikowero ; Elocution, Englishness, and empire: film and radio in late colonial Ghana /Peter J. BloomPart three: Infrastructure and effects ; Negotiating modernization: the Kariba Dam project in the Central African Federation, ca. 1954-1960 /Julia Tischler ; "No one should be worse off": the Akosombo Dam, modernization, and the experience of resettlement in Ghana /Stephan F. Miescher ; Radioactive excess: modernization as spectacle and betrayal in postcolonial Gabon /Gabrielle HechtPart four: Institutional training in Nkrumah's Ghana ; Modeling modernity: the brief story of Kwame Nkrumah, a Nazi pilot named Hanna, and the wonders of motorless flight /Jean Allman ; The African personality dances highlife: popular music, urban youth, and cultural modernization in Nkrumah's Ghana, 1957-1965 /Nate Plageman ; Building institutions for the new Africa: the institute of African studies at the University of Ghana /Takyiwaa ManuhPart five: Modernization and the literary imagination ; Theater and the politics of display: The tragedy of King Christophe at Senegal's first World Festival of Negro Arts /Christina S. McMahon ; Reengaging narratives of modernization in contemporary African literature /Nana Wilson-Tagoe ; Between nationalism and Pan-Africanism: Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo's theater and the art and politics of modernizing African culture /Aida Mbowa

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index

Autre(s) auteur(s) : Bloom, Peter J. (1965-....). Éditeur scientifique Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur
Miescher, Stephan F. (1961-....). Éditeur scientifique Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur
Manuh, Takyiwaa. Éditeur scientifique Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur