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| 020 | _z9780253012296 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ||
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_aModernization as spectacle in Africa _h[electronic resource] / _cedited by Peter J. Bloom, Stephan F. Miescher, and Takyiwaa Manuh. |
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_aBloomington : _bIndiana University Press, _c[2014] _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015) |
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| 300 | _a1 online resource (vii, 368 pages ) | ||
| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | ||
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_tIntroduction / _rStephan F. Miescher, Peter J. Bloom, and Takyiwaa Manuh -- _gPart one: Modernization and the origins of the package -- _tAfter modernization: globalization and the African dilemma / _rPercy C. Hintzen -- _tModernization theory and the figure of blindness: filial reflections / _rAndrew Apter -- _gPart two: Media, modernity, and modernization -- _tFilm as instrument of modernization and social change in Africa: the long view / _rRosaleen Smyth -- _tMass education, cooperation, and the "African mind" / _rAaron Windel -- _tIs propaganda modernity? Press and radio for "Africans" in Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi during World War II and its aftermath / _rMhoze Chikowero -- _tElocution, Englishness, and empire: film and radio in late colonial Ghana / _rPeter J. Bloom -- _gPart three: Infrastructure and effects -- _tNegotiating modernization: the Kariba Dam project in the Central African Federation, ca. 1954-1960 / _rJulia Tischler -- _t"No one should be worse off": the Akosombo Dam, modernization, and the experience of resettlement in Ghana / _rStephan F. Miescher -- _tRadioactive excess: modernization as spectacle and betrayal in postcolonial Gabon / _rGabrielle Hecht -- _gPart four: Institutional training in Nkrumah's Ghana -- _tModeling modernity: the brief story of Kwame Nkrumah, a Nazi pilot named Hanna, and the wonders of motorless flight / _rJean Allman -- _tThe African personality dances highlife: popular music, urban youth, and cultural modernization in Nkrumah's Ghana, 1957-1965 / _rNate Plageman -- _tBuilding institutions for the new Africa: the institute of African studies at the University of Ghana / _rTakyiwaa Manuh -- _gPart five: Modernization and the literary imagination -- _tTheater and the politics of display: The tragedy of King Christophe at Senegal's first World Festival of Negro Arts / _rChristina S. McMahon -- _tReengaging narratives of modernization in contemporary African literature / _rNana Wilson-Tagoe -- _tBetween nationalism and Pan-Africanism: Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo's theater and the art and politics of modernizing African culture / _rAida Mbowa. |
| 588 | _aDescription based on print version record. | ||
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_aSocial change _zAfrica. |
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_aEconomic development _xSocial aspects _zAfrica. |
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_aAfrica _xEconomic policy. |
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_aAfrica _xSocial conditions _y1960- |
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_aAfrica _xEconomic conditions _y1960- |
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_aElectronic books. _2local |
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_aHintzen, Percy C. _tAfter modernization. |
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_aManuh, Takyiwaa, _eeditor of compilation. |
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_aMiescher, Stephan, _eeditor of compilation. |
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_aBloom, Peter J., _eeditor of compilation. |
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| 830 | 0 | _aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE. | |
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_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780253012333/ |
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_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks |
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