Granqvist, R: Bulldozer and the Word
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book examines the operating of cultural work in postcolonial Nairobi from the view that it drives modernity, survival and processes of empowerment. It depicts a city of global and spatial aspirations, divided by a past that transcends its present. It...
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This book examines the operating of cultural work in postcolonial Nairobi from the view that it drives modernity, survival and processes of empowerment. It depicts a city of global and spatial aspirations, divided by a past that transcends its present. It is a neo-colonial and acquisitive city; Western cultural institutions dominate the marketplace. An associative aspect is the gendered city space (streets, bars, pubs), which is overwhelmingly masculine. The book demonstrates that women's marginalisation impacts variously on the city's texts, its fiction, theatre, and the iconography of the Matatu vehicle. The major theme of the book is the struggle for cultural recognition and authority. Strategies of social and political accommodation coalesce both creatively and antagonistically in this formulation of Kenyan self-identification.
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Contents: Nairobi Culture - Postcolonial City Culture - Western Culture in Africa - African Urban Culture - Cultural Studies Africa - Masculinity and Culture - Urban Culture and Gender - Iconography and Culture - African Popular Literature - Imperial Studies.
Autoren-Porträt von Raoul J. Granqvist
The Author: Raoul J. Granqvist is Professor of English at the Department of Modern Languages, Umeå University (Sweden). He teaches English and postcolonial literatures with special attention to the semiotics of space and power. He is the writer of Revolution's Urban Landscape: Bucharest Culture and Postcommunist Change (1999) and other publications.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Raoul J. Granqvist
- 198 Seiten, Maße: 14,6 x 20,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Lang, Peter GmbH
- ISBN-10: 3631523572
- ISBN-13: 9783631523575
- Erscheinungsdatum: 02.11.2004
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Englisch
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