Urban Life-Worlds in Motion ：African Perspectives ( Global Studies )

Publication subTitle ：African Perspectives

Publication series ：Global Studies

Author： Hahn Hans Peter;Kastner Kristin  

Publisher： transcript-Verlag‎

Publication year： 2014

E-ISBN: 9783839420225

Subject： C912.4 cultural anthropology, social anthropology;C912.81 Urban Sociology;D5 World Politics

Keyword： 世界政治,城市社会学,文化人类学、社会人类学,社会学

Language： ENG

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Urban agglomerations host the most vital and creative societies. This applies particularly to Africa, where cities have the highest growth rates world-wide and where the urban population is younger than anywhere else. Urban life-worlds are the basis for the development of new lifestyles and new cultural phenomena. Based on empirical ethnographic research, this book presents case studies that enhance our understanding of the dynamics of urbanity in Africa and beyond - by envisioning cities as crossroads where cultures, biographies and networks meet.

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Content

Preface

Introduction. Urban Life-Worlds in Motion

The Urban Poor, the Informal Sector and Environmental Health Policy in Nigeria

‘I go chop your Dollar’. Scamming Practices and Notions of Moralities among Youth in Bamenda

Women and Magic in Dakar. Rural Immigrants Coping with Urban Uncertainties

‘They ehave as though hey ant to ring eaven own’. Some Narratives on the Visibility of Cameroonian Migrant Youths in Cameroon Urban Space

Movements into Emotions. Kinetic Tactics, Commotion and Conviviality among Traffic Vendors in Accra

The Transnational Choice. Young Tuareg Traders between Niger and Nigeria

The Issue of the Diaspo in Ouagadougou

Haalpulaar Migrants’ Home Connections. Travel and Communication Circuits

Epilogue. Images and Spaces

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