Modernization as Spectacle in Africa
MIA KARTS BOOKS
Modernization as Spectacle in Africa
Book Details
- Author
- Peter J. Bloom
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Category
- West Africa
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780253012258
- ISBN-10
- 0253012252
Free U.S. shipping on all orders. International shipping is calculated at checkout.
ISBN: 0253012252
Author: Bloom, Peter J.
Condition: New
For postcolonial Africa, modernization was seen as a necessary outcome of the struggle for independence and as crucial to the success of its newly established states. Since then, the rhetoric of modernization has pervaded policy, culture, and development, lending a kind of political theatricality to nationalist framings of modernization and Africans' perceptions of their place in the global economy. These 15 essays address governance, production, and social life; the role of media; and the discourse surrounding large-scale development projects, revealing modernization's deep effects on the expressive culture of Africa.
Have a question?
Modernization as Spectacle in Africa
