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Postcolonial Subjectivities in Africa
Richard . Ed(S): Werbner
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Description for Postcolonial Subjectivities in Africa
Hardcover. This is the third volume in a trilogy on identity, memory and subjectivity. Contributors to this volume share an ambition to combine personal, political and existential dimensions in detailed evocations of the ambitions and vulnerabilities of contemporary Africans. Editor(s): Werbner, Richard. Series: Postcolonial Encounter S. Num Pages: 256 pages, photographs, maps, figures, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 360.
These essays on postcolonial subjectivities cross the frontiers of critical theory by illuminating the contradictory predicaments Africans confront in strikingly different parts of the continent at the start of the 21st century. The focus is on the making of subjectivities as a process which is political, a matter of subjugation to state authority; moral, reflected in the conscience and agency of subjects who bear rights, duties and obligations; and realised existentially, in the subjects' consciousness of their personal or intimate relations. The notion of agency is interrogated, without lapsing into the new ... Read more
These essays on postcolonial subjectivities cross the frontiers of critical theory by illuminating the contradictory predicaments Africans confront in strikingly different parts of the continent at the start of the 21st century. The focus is on the making of subjectivities as a process which is political, a matter of subjugation to state authority; moral, reflected in the conscience and agency of subjects who bear rights, duties and obligations; and realised existentially, in the subjects' consciousness of their personal or intimate relations. The notion of agency is interrogated, without lapsing into the new ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Postcolonial Encounter S.
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781856499545
SKU
V9781856499545
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About Richard . Ed(S): Werbner
Richard Werbner is professor of African Anthropology and Director of the International Centre for Contemporary Cultural Research (ICCR) at the University of Manchester. Among his books are Ritual Passage, Sacred Journey (1989), and Tears of the Dead (1991), for which he received the Amaury Talbot Prize of the Royal Anthropological Institute. He is coeditor-in-chief of Social Analysis and a member ... Read more
Reviews for Postcolonial Subjectivities in Africa
'An inspirational collection of themes and methods for future researchers in Africa.' Richard Fardon, SOAS, University of London 'A lively collection of essays on a topic that could hardly be more timely or challenging. It will be widely read and discussed, and will help scholars in several disciplines to understand questions of consciousness and identity in contemporary Africa.' James ... Read more