Description: Modernity and Its Malcontents Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). Author(s): Jean Comaroff, John L. Comaroff Format: Paperback Publisher: The University of Chicago Press, United States Imprint: University of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 9780226114408, 978-0226114408 Synopsis What role does ritual play in the everyday lives of modern Africans? How are so-called "traditional" cultural forms deployed by people seeking empowerment in a world where "modernity" has failed to deliver on its promises? Some of the essays in "Modernity and Its Malcontents" address familiar anthropological issues but treat them in fresh ways, situating them amidst the polyphonies of contemporary Africa. Others explore distinctly non-traditional subjects - among them the Nigerian popular press and soul-eating in Niger - in such a way as to confront the conceptual limits of Western social science. Addressing challenges posed by contemporary African realities, the authors subject such concepts as modernity, ritual, power and history to renewed critical scrutiny. They are united by a wish to preserve the diversity and historical specificity of local signs and practices, voices and perspectives. The contributors, all from the Africanist circle at the University of Chicago, are Adeline Masquelier, Deborah Kaspin, J. Lorand Matory, Ralph A. Austen, Andrew Apter, Misty L. Bastian, Mark Auslander and Pamela G. Schmoll.
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Book Title: Modernity and Its Malcontents
Item Height: 228mm
Item Width: 152mm
Author: John L. Comaroff, Jean Comaroff
Publication Name: Modernity and Its Malcontents: Ritual and Power in Postcolonial Africa
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: T.H.E. University of Chicago Press
Subject: Anthropology
Publication Year: 1993
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 432g
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
